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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who watches Brennan work in Chapter 1?
2. What is Brennan's nickname?
3. What are the names of Jeannotte's two teaching assistants?
4. How many propane tanks were meant to blow up the house in Chapter 3?
5. In Chapter 11, what kind of jargon does Harry use on Brennan to avoid being specific about the program she is in?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Harry's character. What does she look like? How does she act? What does she value?
2. Where is Temperance Brennan from and what does she do? What is she working on in Chapter 1?
3. In Chapter 6, Dr. Brennan visits Dr. Jeannotte to find out if she can help her find information about Elisabeth Nicolet's birth. At the end of the conversation, Jeannotte asks Brennan if she believes in God and Brennan replies that she does not always believe in the next day. What does this dialogue reveal about Jeannotte? About Brennan?
4. In Chapter 12, why does Monsieur Claudel think the woman he found dead is Anna Goyette and still think so after Brennan asks Sister Julienne? Why does Sister Julienne disagree?
5. Chapter 3 introduces Detective Ryan. What type of relationship do Ryan and Brennan have?
6. How does the information that Anna Goyette is Dr. Jeannotte's assistant increase the suspense?
7. In Chapter 12, why does Brennan read from the Belanger journals?
8. What type of person is Brennan? How do you know?
9. What do the events in Chapters 16 and 17 reveal about Brennan's character?
10. What suspenseful event happens at the end of Chapter 11? What might it foreshadow? Was there anything that foreshadowed this happening? If so, what?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A climax chart helps organize the events of a story. Looking at a climax chart for "Death Du Jour," would you change the order? Why or why not? How does the order of the rising action help the effectiveness of the climax? Does it weaken the climax? In an analytical essay, determine the effectiveness of the organization of the novel. Use example from "Death Du Jour" to defend your position.
Essay Topic 2
Identify the main external or internal conflict in the novel. Is it man vs self, society, nature, god, fate, or technology? What examples can you provide from the text. Is there a resolution to the conflict? What is it? Will this likely be a conflict for Brennan again?
Essay Topic 3
"Death Du Jour" has a theme of good versus evil. Choose at least three characters to discuss this theme. What makes him/her good? Evil? A combination? Defend your assertions with examples from the text.
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