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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. What does Brennan always get to drink?
2. Who finds the body on Murtry Island?
3. What does Brennan ask Ryan to do in Chapter 7?
4. Why are the detectives having difficulty finding out who lived in the house that burned down?
5. Who does Brennan travel with in Chapter 15?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 14, Brennan resists helping Ryan, but ends up agreeing to meet with him. What were her reasons? Give more than one.
2. 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?
3. 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.
4. What type of person is Brennan? How do you know?
5. 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?
6. What evidence in Chapter 2 makes Brennan worry about finding children in St-Jovite?
7. Describe Harry's character. What does she look like? How does she act? What does she value?
8. 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?
9. Why is Brennan annoyed with Harry and Ryan in Chapters 10 and 11? What does this tell you about her?
10. In Chapter 15, Sam Rayburn is introduced. Who is he? What does he do? What is he like?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Is "Death Du Jour" a work of hope or despair? Write an essay using examples and citing the book to defend your assertions.
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
Keeping in mind that the narrator is not necessarily the voice, a novel still reveals an author's values. What does Kathy Reichs value in life? How do you know? What does she disvalue in life? Defend your assertions by using examples in your essay.
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