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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. Why is the SWAT team not called to enter Oliver’s home?

2. Who is Tamara Taylor?

3. What had happened to Blaze’s sister, Rosie?

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

5. Who does Boggs want to take down Oliver Mantleberry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the stupid thing that Fortney does?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Miles surprise and irritate Blaze?

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

10. Why does Blaze hurriedly pack and leave her apartment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although the police work very hard to solve the two murder mysteries, they never bring the murderers to justice. Why are they never able to catch the killers? What does this say about the police force? Since Wambaugh is a retired police officer, how is this even more telling?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Wambaugh gives both Dawn and Blaze wholesome real names. Why might he have chosen the names he did? How do these names aid the reader in connecting with both Dawn and Blaze? How might these women feel about their given names and to the past to which those names are tied?

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