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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. Who does Sam think is responsible for the bodies found on Murtry Island?
(a) Brennan.
(b) One of his crew.
(c) Drug runners.
(d) Monkeys.

2. In Chapter 14, who talks Brennan into helping Ryan?
(a) Harry.
(b) Katy.
(c) LaManche.
(d) Ryan.

3. What object causes Brennan to do more research into Sister Elisabeth Nicolet?
(a) The newspaper.
(b) The skull.
(c) The plaque.
(d) The tibia.

4. What was Brennan afraid to find in the basement in Chapter 3?
(a) The boogeyman.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Baby bones.
(d) A family friend.

5. What type of work does Brennan do?
(a) Medical.
(b) Police.
(c) Forensics.
(d) Education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main subject matter of the lecture Jeannotte gives Brennan in Chapter 9?

2. In Chapter 8, what does Sandy think is wrong with Anna?

3. In Chapter 9, what does Jeannotte give Brennan?

4. In Chapter 14, Ryan states that the phone company finally turned over the phone records for the St-Jovite case. What location was called that holds both Ryan and Brennan's interest?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. By the end of Chapter 4, Temperance Brennan is already working on two cases. What are the two cases and why was she asked to take them?

4. 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?

5. What suspenseful event happens at the end of Chapter 15 ? What makes it suspenseful? What does it lead to in Chapter 16?

6. What happens when Brennan asks Jeannotte if Anna participates in a Satanic cult?

7. 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?

8. Why is Brennan annoyed with Harry and Ryan in Chapters 10 and 11? What does this tell you about her?

9. What do the events in Chapters 16 and 17 reveal about Brennan's character?

10. 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?

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