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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Dexter reveals in Chapter 4 that the one big clue of the day was the ______.
2. Father Donovan notices ______ small mounds of earth in the garden.
3. What is the first word of the novel?
4. What language does Dexter say seems to be a race against an invisible stopwatch and to get out as much as possible in three-second bursts without using any consonants?
5. ______ is a part of Miami that sleeps.
Short Essay Questions
1. Who says, "I am a very neat monster"? What is this character referring to?
2. Why does Dexter go out for a drive in the middle of the night? What is he hoping to find?
3. Who was first aware of Dexter's dark secret? What did this person advise Dexter to do?
4. How does Dexter feel about killing and in what way does killing satisfy Dexter? How does killing affect his "dark schemata"?
5. What is cell crystallization? How is it relevant to the murder victims?
6. What is Detective LaGuerta's hypothesis as to why the Tamiami Trail Killer did not finish cutting his victim? What does Dexter find wrong with her hypothesis?
7. Describe in detail the process by which Dexter captures his first victim of the novel. Where does he take his victim?
8. Who makes an arrest in the Tamiami Trail Killer case? Why does this person think they have the right suspect?
9. What are the priest's final words? Why do you think he says this?
10. Compare and contrast Dexter and Deborah Morgan. Use specific details from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you show how a minor character in the novel functions in the work. Discuss how the character affects action, theme, or the development of other characters.
Essay Topic 2
Identify a character who outwardly conforms while questioning inwardly. Analyze how this tension between outward conformity and inward questioning contributes to the meaning of the work.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of politicking in the police force. Analyze how the author uses literary elements to explore this issue and explain how the issue contributes to the meaning of the work, include the effect it has on the characters in the novel.
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