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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 Blaze think she hears when it is Dawn crying out?

2. What is NOT a reason for why Dawn gives Rudolph Blaze’s address and security code?

3. Why does Oliver live in this home with the mother of his children and his three children?

4. What does Anne do, because she feels bad for Boggs?

5. What do both Anne and Letch assume when they learn Blaze’s body was found?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Rudolph give Dawn’s location to Oliver?

2. What does Ambrose hope for, if the Black Magic can be destroyed?

3. How does the reader learn how Dawn would be murdered?

4. Why does Simon go looking for Blaze Wednesday night?

5. What does Rita Mason hate most about being a vice cop?

6. Why does Blaze feel uncomfortable talking to Detective Anne Zorn?

7. Why is Ambrose’s attack on Blaze come as a complete surprise to her?

8. What does Blaze believe she hears outside her apartment? What makes her realize she is wrong?

9. What does Fortney learn when he spies on Blaze and Miles?

10. How does Blaze make Ambrose practically fall in love with her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many characters are considered the main characters in Floaters. To which character are you most attached? Why? Would you consider this character a more significant character than the other main characters? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Serenity Jones is a madam in Floaters. How does Wambaugh show her humanity? What other characters are initially off-putting but grow on you, as the reader? What might be Wambaugh's reasons for doing this? What does this show about him as both a writer and a former police officer?

Essay Topic 3

The book is entitled Floaters. Is this the best name for the novel? Why or why not? Why might Wambaugh have chosen this as the title of his novel? If you could give the novel a new title, what would it be and why?

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