Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Monsieur Hubert look like?
2. How does Brennan determine the age of the infant victims?
3. Why does Brennan doubt that the two bodies from Murtry Island have anything to do with drugs?
4. Who finds the body on Murtry Island?
5. In Chapter 14, who talks Brennan into helping Ryan?
Short Essay Questions
1. What suspenseful event happens at the end of Chapter 11? What might it foreshadow? Was there anything that foreshadowed this happening? If so, what?
2. In Chapters 15 through 18, Brennan becomes snippy with Ryan. What is the probable cause of her wish to not see Ryan and her rude behavior when speaking with him?
3. In Chapter 12, why does Brennan read from the Belanger journals?
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. In Chapter 6, Brennan meets Dr. Jeannotte's teaching assistant. Describe the teaching assistant based on Brennan's observations and conversation with her.
6. 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?
7. Kathy Reichs uses jargon to help create credibility for her character's professions. Which characters use jargon and why?
8. 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?
9. In Chapter 13, what types of things does Brennan do to establish boundaries between her ex-husband and herself?
10. 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)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a critique of the resolution. Does it resolve too quickly or not quick enough? Was the climax strong enough or was there a moment in rising action that felt stronger? Does it make sense for Ryan to stay with Brennan? Why or why not? Does Daisy Jeannotte's death make sense? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Pick three scenes where dialogue played a vital role in either moving the action along or revealing something about a characters. In an essay, determine the importance of dialogue and why this was the best way or why there is a better way to do this.
Essay Topic 3
Is "Death Du Jour" a work of hope or despair? Write an essay using examples and citing the book to defend your assertions.
|
This section contains 1,483 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
