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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 Brennan call to ask for help looking for Sister Julienne's missing person?
(a) LaManche.
(b) Monsieur Claudel.
(c) Dr. Jeannotte.
(d) Detective Ryan.

2. In Chapter 10, who arrives unexpectedly at Brennan's office?
(a) Sister Julienne.
(b) LaManche.
(c) Katy.
(d) Harry.

3. How does Brennan determine the age of the infant victims?
(a) She finds a journal the mother wrote.
(b) She looks for teeth.
(c) She finds a birth certificate.
(d) She counts the bones in their hands.

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

5. What does Brennan find strange about the victims in Chapter 2?
(a) Both have their arms crossed.
(b) They are fully clothed in bed.
(c) They are face down.
(d) They are holding hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. Brennan's friend Mitch describes Dr. Jeannotte as the Professor of Religious Studies and what?

2. What does Brennan ask Ryan to do in Chapter 7?

3. What is Sam passionate about?

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

5. In a conversation with the parents of the murder victims from St-Jovite, Ryan learns that a man came to see the parents of the twins shortly after they were born. What does the grandfather compare him to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What point of view is the novel written in and what does the reader learn about the narrator as a result? Give specifics from the novel.

3. In Chapter 17, Ryan complains about not being able to reach Sheriff Baker. What is ironic about this? Explain.

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

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

6. How does the information that Anna Goyette is Dr. Jeannotte's assistant increase the suspense?

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

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

9. In Chapter 16, Sam wants Brennan to do something for him. Why her? And why does Brennan not want to do it?

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

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