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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. What does Brennan find unsettling about Dr. Jeannotte?
(a) Her tightly braided hair.
(b) Her laugh is forced.
(c) She is unusually large.
(d) Her unusually pale eyes.

2. What does Monsieur Hubert look like?
(a) Red-headed.
(b) Skinny.
(c) Blond.
(d) Overweight.

3. What is the nickname of Harry's son?
(a) Chris.
(b) Kit.
(c) Howie.
(d) Will.

4. Where does Brennan stay while in Beaufort?
(a) In a car.
(b) At a friend's house.
(c) In a hotel.
(d) On a house boat.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What two languages are spoken throughout the novel?

3. How many propane tanks were meant to blow up the house in Chapter 3?

4. Why does Brennan doubt that the two bodies from Murtry Island have anything to do with drugs?

5. Where does Brennan always work in the summer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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)?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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 15 ? What makes it suspenseful? What does it lead to in Chapter 16?

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

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