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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. Who is the Dark Passenger?

2. What object does Angel hold up at the end of Chapter 10?

3. Deborah tells Dexter that she wants to work in ______.

4. Who is Jackson Pollock?

5. Who is the very large black man with an injured air of permanent hostility?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who says, "I am a very neat monster"? What is this character referring to?

2. Describe Dexter's feelings towards children. Does he want kids of his own? Explain.

3. Who is Dexter Morgan? Who is his father and what was his occupation? Describe the relationship Dexter has with his father.

4. How does Dexter feel about killing and in what way does killing satisfy Dexter? How does killing affect his "dark schemata"?

5. Who was first aware of Dexter's dark secret? What did this person advise Dexter to do?

6. Who makes an arrest in the Tamiami Trail Killer case? Why does this person think they have the right suspect?

7. After much consideration, what is Dexter's hypothesis of the Tamiami Trail Killer's reason for not finishing the cutting of his victim? To whom does he tell his hypothesis to? Does Dexter think the Tamiami Trail Killer will kill again? Explain.

8. What question does Dexter say is the key to thinking about the killer? How would Dexter have done things different had he committed these murders?

9. Describe Dexter's dream in Chapter 7. What literary device is the author using through this dream?

10. What gift does the intruder leave Dexter? What is symbolic of this gift?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and analyze at least three examples of symbolism found within Darkly Dreaming Dexter. Cite your references.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the major similarities and differences in a sequence of parallel or recurring events in Darkly Dreaming Dexter.

Essay Topic 3

Choose a character found in Darkly Dreaming Dexter that can be considered morally ambiguous, behavior which discourages readers from identifying them as purely evil or purely good. Explain how the character can be viewed as morally ambiguous and why his or her moral ambiguity is significant to the work.

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