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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. How does Dr. Jeannotte behave towards Brennan when she comes to Jeannotte's office?
(a) She is rude.
(b) She refuses to see her without an appointment.
(c) She acts like they are best friends.
(d) She treats her like a student on a research project.

2. Ryan comes to Brennan's office in Chapter 10, what does he do when he arrives?
(a) Offers to buy coffee.
(b) Brings a new case.
(c) Flirts with Brennan.
(d) Flirts with Harry.

3. What is unusual about Harry's behavior at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) She acts depressed.
(b) She will not eat at all.
(c) She flirts with Brennan's coworkers.
(d) She breaks something.

4. Why are people not allowed on Murtry Island without Sam's approval?
(a) People may give the monkey's tuberculosis.
(b) The military conducts top secret tests on the island.
(c) Sam does not like people.
(d) Sam does not want the island to become part of drug trafficking.

5. In Chapter 4, what does Brennan learn about the body from St-Jovite?
(a) The bones belong to someone famous.
(b) The person had cancer and would have died.
(c) It is an old woman who had children.
(d) It is an old man with arthritis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the reason given for Brennan being attacked at the end of Chapter 11?

3. Who interrupts Jeannotte and Brennan's conversation in Chapter 9?

4. Who does Brennan travel with in Chapter 15?

5. Why do the police not help Sister Julienne's sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of procedure does Brennan have to do on the murdered infants bodies in Chapter 7? Describe the procedure. Why does she need to do this?

2. 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?

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

4. 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)?

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

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

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

8. Kathy Reichs uses jargon to help create credibility for her character's professions. Which characters use jargon and why?

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. In Chapter 18, Brennan and Ryan find a commune on Saint Helena Island. What is suspicious about the behavior they encounter? Give examples.

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