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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 Sister Julienne look for in Chapter 8?
(a) Detective Ryan
(b) Sandy O'Reilly
(c) Elisabeth Nicolet.
(d) Anna Goyette.

2. What is Sam passionate about?
(a) Clubbing.
(b) Raising bugs.
(c) Thrill-seeking.
(d) Observing monkeys.

3. Where did Brennan's sister take her first classes?
(a) Lac Memphremagog.
(b) Montreal.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Houston.

4. What are the names of Jeannotte's two teaching assistants?
(a) Sandy O'Reilly and Anna Goyette.
(b) Margaret Mead and Jane Goodall.
(c) Daisy Jean and Sandy O'Reilly.
(d) Daisy Jean and Anna Goyette.

5. What occasion causes everyone to go to Hurley's in Chapter 11?
(a) A funeral wake.
(b) St. Patrick's Day.
(c) No reason needed.
(d) A wedding celebration.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who watches Brennan work in Chapter 1?

2. What is Brennan's ex-husband's name?

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

4. Where does Brennan stay while in Beaufort?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

4. What type of person is Brennan? How do you know?

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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