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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. Who was delivering flowers to Stephanie's apartment?

2. Which bar is the last chance?

3. What was the last thing Maxine said to Eddie?

4. What kind of car does Stephanie drive?

5. What was 'their spot'?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Stephanie's mother say his father had been?

2. Why did Stephanie eventually settle on Morelli's as a good place to stay?

3. What did Stephanie find on her door, and why did it spook her?

4. How was the Airmail unique?

5. What things lead Stephanie to believe that something bad happened to Helen?

6. Why does Stephanie hate Joyce Barnhardt?

7. What things did Stephanie learn from the 7-Eleven?

8. What is the difference between Atlantic City and Vegas?

9. Who was Terry Grizolli?

10. Why did Stephanie bring Lula?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the difference between the attitudes of Betty in the beginning and close to the end of this book? How is this behavior suspicious? What changes in the character would be describable as suspicious and why?

Essay Topic 2

Explain how the money doesn't justify the risks Stephanie takes with her life. Use quotes from the book to back up the argument. Conversely, you may choose to justify the job in the terms of the kind of career that Ranger has built for himself.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Stephanie and Morelli's family. In what ways would they find common ground? In what ways would they disagree? How could they expect Christmas to go by?

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