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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 is Eddie supposed to do if he runs into trouble?

2. Where did Joyce get her connections?

3. What had Maxine been wearing?

4. How many days could a senior eat off of a meal at the Silver Dollar?

5. Who did Stephanie suspect for Helen's disappearance?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Terry Grizolli?

2. What various reasons did Stephanie go to the beach?

3. What is Joyce doing watching Stephanie?

4. Why couldn't Stephanie leave Lula behind?

5. What does the Point Pleasant beach smell like to Stephanie?

6. Why couldn't Vinnie fool around with Joyce?

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

8. Why does Stephanie hate Joyce Barnhardt?

9. Why couldn't Mrs. Nowicki have been dead for long?

10. What is the difference between Stephanie and Lula and car shopping?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss Stephanie and Morelli's relationship. How does it have the potential to be healthy? What things would they have to work on as a couple to make the relationship better?

Essay Topic 3

What about Morelli makes him attractive to other women? What makes him attractive to Stephanie? Why is he not as attractive to Lula? How is he created to be the hero of the novel, and what does his character suggest about Stephanie's appearance?

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