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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 does Dave see when he is wandering around outside?
2. Why is the visitor there?
3. What does Romero tell Dave as Romero is dying?
4. What does Dave want to do?
5. Where do Dave and Annie meet with Claudette?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Dautrieve question Dave about dead men turning up?
2. Describe the night of Annie's murder.
3. What happens that Dave is able to start his new job?
4. What happens with Dave's visit to Monroe?
5. Describe Claudette Rocque.
6. What does Victor Romero attempt?
7. What murder scene does Dave investigate?
8. What does Dave find when he searches Romero's apartment?
9. How does Dave ferret information out of Jerry?
10. What does Dautrieve warn Dave about and what is Dave's response?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Dave takes the law into his own hands when he decides to beat up Keats and then when he goes after Romero, one of his wife's murderers. Discuss the following:
1. When (or if) is it justified to mete out your own justice to someone who has wronged you or a loved one and broken the law in doing so?
2. What do you think it says about Dave's beliefs about the criminal justice system that he is his own judge and executioner?
3. Do you think Dave's beliefs about the justice system could influence his work as a police officer?
Essay Topic 2
Claudette murders her husband, Bubba, in a seemingly cold, calculated way. Discuss the following:
1. Trace and analyze the relationship between Bubba and Claudette. Why do you think the two marry initially? What goes wrong in their relationship?
2. How do you think Claudette is able to murder someone with whom she has lived and been involved with sexually? Do you think Bubba brings the murder on partly because of his abuse of Claudette?
3. Does Bubba get what he deserves? Should Claudette receive the death penalty? Do you think she could use the battered wife syndrome as a defense? (You may need to research that term).
Essay Topic 3
Heaven's Prisoners is considered a crime/murder mystery, a sub-genre of fiction. Discuss the following:
1. Define genre and then specifically crime/murder mystery.
2. What do you think is the difference between a suspense novel and a murder mystery?
3. Many in the world of academe do not see mystery as a serious genre, that its primary purpose is entertainment and not "worthy" of being studied by serious students of literature? Respond to that idea.
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