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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ryan ask Brennan to do in Chapter 9?
(a) Go get a drink.
(b) Lighten up.
(c) Work late.
(d) Give him her phone number.

2. In Chapter 16, a monkey dropped what on the shelter Brennan was relaxing in?
(a) A skull.
(b) A human jaw bone.
(c) A banana.
(d) A bag of drugs.

3. What is Brennan's nickname?
(a) Bren.
(b) Tempe.
(c) Katy.
(d) Harry.

4. How many confirmed dead are in Chapter 2?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Ten.
(d) Seven.

5. What is Sam Rayburn's profession?
(a) Mayor.
(b) Coroner.
(c) Governor.
(d) Sailor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sam think is responsible for the bodies found on Murtry Island?

2. What is the name of the commune found in Chapter 18?

3. In Chapter 1, what causes the stain Brennan finds in the soil?

4. In Chapter 14, who talks Brennan into helping Ryan?

5. What is the setting in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 14, Brennan resists helping Ryan, but ends up agreeing to meet with him. What were her reasons? Give more than one.

2. What type of person is Sandy O'Reilly? Is she a reliable character? Give evidence to support your assertions.

3. Chapter 3 introduces Detective Ryan. What type of relationship do Ryan and Brennan have?

4. Why does Pierre LaManche call Brennan at three in the morning in Chapter 1?

5. Where is Temperance Brennan from and what does she do? What is she working on in Chapter 1?

6. Describe Harry's character. What does she look like? How does she act? What does she value?

7. In Chapter 6, Brennan meets Dr. Jeannotte's teaching assistant. Describe the teaching assistant based on Brennan's observations and conversation with her.

8. What is ironic about Dr. Jeannotte telling Dr. Brennan that evil people don't exist and that "the myth continues, even here in Montreal, only now there's a new bogeyman practicing ritual child killing" (113)?

9. What suspenseful event happens at the end of Chapter 11? What might it foreshadow? Was there anything that foreshadowed this happening? If so, what?

10. The death of the infants in Chapter 7 reveals emotions in all of the characters involved in the case. Brennan also feels strongly about it. How does she explain her emotions?

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