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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. How does Ambrose hurt his foot when dumping Blaze’s body in Fisherman’s Channel?

2. What does Anne tell Boggs was found on Dawn Coyote’s body?

3. What is Ambrose wearing when Blaze arrives to give him the bad news?

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

5. Blaze can tell that Miles is nervous about a night with her and is compensating by doing what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ambrose kill Blaze?

2. What is Fortney’s response when Leeds asks him if he lost all hope in Nam?

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

4. Why had Anne Zorn ended up in several bad marriages?

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

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

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

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

9. Why is Blaze sentimental regarding Dawn?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Floaters is both a comedy and a tragedy. How is it both a comedy and a tragedy? Is it successful as both a comedy and tragedy? Why or why not? How does this mix of humor and death affect the reader? Why?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Floaters ends with the Cup going into the hands of a loyal New Zealander. How would Ambrose feel about this, if he had lived? Would he have thought this man worthy of having the Cup? Why or why not? How might Ambrose think about his plot to sabotage the New Zealand boat, knowing who would receive the Cup?

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