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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. Where was the great place Sally knew of?

2. How does Stephanie get into Eddie's house?

3. How much money did Stephanie lose on Craps?

4. What kind of food does Sugar like?

5. When was the last time Kuntz's aunt and uncle had seen him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Stephanie think Ranger meant when he said he would be "in the wind"?

2. How did Stephanie and Morelli's days compare?

3. What was the bet made between Stephanie and Joe and why does Stephanie reason she made it?

4. Why does Ranger do the job of a bounty hunter?

5. How did Stephanie's mother reassure her?

6. Why were both Stephanie and Sally afraid of Sugar?

7. What was the difference between being at the ballpark and watching a baseball game on TV to Stephanie?

8. Why doesn't Morelli want to help Sally into his corset, and why does he have to?

9. What does surveillance mean to Stephanie?

10. Why did Stephanie end up having to cut out her hair?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Stephanie's Grandma Mazur and Morelli's Grandma Bella. Which Grandmother strikes you as the stronger of the two and why? If you had one event that you could look into the future using Grandma Bella's ability, what event would this be and why?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

How is Maxine a dynamic character when the rest are static? Give reasons why you think Janet Evanovich chose to make Maxine the only dynamic character in the book. How do you think the book would have been if all the characters were static? Explain how a dynamic character creates a more interesting plot.

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