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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 could Stephanie tell Morelli had just got home?

2. Who is it that is helping Joyce?

3. What made Stephanie get all choked up?

4. Where had both women been treated?

5. Since what age had Stephanie been in love with Morelli?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the role of mothers in the 'burg, according to Stephanie?

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

3. Why is Norvil a 'pain in the ass'?

4. How does Stephanie attempt to reassure Sugar?

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

6. How did Morelli react to the firebombing attempt?

7. What does Mrs. Nowicki say about harboring a fugitive and what does she say she is doing all this for?

8. How does Stephanie describe Morelli's mother?

9. How did Sugar look in drag?

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

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

Briefly surmise reasons why Eddie Kuntz wouldn't want to leave town. Come up with reasons why he might have told Maxine about the money printing business. How was this to his downfall, and what would you have done differently?

Essay Topic 3

What kind of person is Grandma Mazur? Create a personality profile and compare and contrast her to any other character you choose in the book.

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