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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. When the homicide team gathers, what do they wonder about the location of Blaze’s body?

2. What had happened to Blaze right before she met Dawn?

3. Fortney is thinking about Blaze and decides he will do what?

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

5. What does Fortney do to Simon after trying to interrogate him but getting nowhere?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who do the cops think murdered Blaze and why?

2. What does Anne Zorn think about aging?

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

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

5. Why does Ambrose believe the Cup has memories?

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

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

8. Why is Blaze sentimental regarding Dawn?

9. Why is Fortney, on his third pint of draft at the bar, feeling stupid?

10. What is the stupid thing that Fortney does?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are multiple occasions in which Fortney's fear of dark, murky water is brought up in Floaters. What might be the reason for this information? Do you find this odd considering Fortney is a harbor unit cop? Why or why not? How is this description of the water important to other characters?

Essay Topic 2

Ambrose imagines his mother's face and words prior to killing Blaze. How does his mental instability and traumatic upbringing influence his thoughts, feelings, and choices throughout Floaters? Does any of this influence your feelings about him? Why or why not? Why might Wambaugh have included a character such as Ambrose?

Essay Topic 3

Derogatory terms are used throughout Floaters. Why does Wambaugh do this? Is it necessary? Why or why not? How does this language affect the reader? Would the characters be as real if the language was more politically correct and less demeaning? Why or why not?

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