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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. Why do the police not help Sister Julienne's sister?
(a) It is policy to wait 48 hours.
(b) They know something she does not and cannot reveal their sources.
(c) They do not believe her story.
(d) She has not contacted them yet.

2. How many propane tanks were meant to blow up the house in Chapter 3?
(a) One.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Four.

3. What evidence makes Brennan believe that she has the bones of Sister Elisabeth Nicolet?
(a) There is a plaque.
(b) She did a DNA test using bone marrow samples.
(c) The bones have markings that suggest repetitive kneeling.
(d) There is a broken bone where Elisabeth had a known childhood injury.

4. What is the setting for Chapter 2?
(a) A burnt down house.
(b) A burnt down hospital.
(c) A crumbling convent.
(d) A dark graveyard.

5. What was the reason given for Brennan being attacked at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) A mugging.
(b) Drugs.
(c) A warning.
(d) An attempted murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Brennan collect bugs while exhuming the bodies?

2. Wat does the dialogue between Brennan and Katy in Chapter 17 tell the reader?

3. Why are people not allowed on Murtry Island without Sam's approval?

4. Who finds the body on Murtry Island?

5. Who does Brennan call to ask for help looking for Sister Julienne's missing person?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 12, why does Brennan read from the Belanger journals?

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

3. While waiting to go into the basement to look at some remains, Brennan finds the fireman offensive. What does he say and do that makes her uncomfortable? What does this tell you about the type of world Brennan works in?

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

5. What evidence in Chapter 2 makes Brennan worry about finding children in St-Jovite?

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

7. In Chapter 5, Brennan is shocked when she sees the skull of Elisabeth Nicolet, but she does not indicate why. Why does Kathy Reich withhold this information? What is the effect? And what might be the problem based on Brennan's questions to the priest?

8. In Chapter 12, why does Monsieur Claudel think the woman he found dead is Anna Goyette and still think so after Brennan asks Sister Julienne? Why does Sister Julienne disagree?

9. In Chapters 15 through 18, Brennan becomes snippy with Ryan. What is the probable cause of her wish to not see Ryan and her rude behavior when speaking with him?

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

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