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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 interrupts Jeannotte and Brennan's conversation in Chapter 9?
(a) David.
(b) Sandy.
(c) Anna.
(d) Ryan.

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

3. What does Brennan specialize in?
(a) Ontology.
(b) Anthropology.
(c) Radiology.
(d) Orthodontics.

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

5. Who does Brennan travel with in Chapter 15?
(a) Katy.
(b) Harry.
(c) Ryan.
(d) Sam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Brennan's daughter's name?

2. What is unusual about Harry's behavior at the end of Chapter 12?

3. Why are the detectives having difficulty finding out who lived in the house that burned down?

4. How does Brennan know the names of the two younger victims in Chapter 7?

5. Why does Brennan have difficulty finding the grave in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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