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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 does Stephanie see Rameriz?

2. Where is Briggs?

3. How does Briggs threaten Vinnie?

4. What does Ranger bring Stephanie the next morning?

5. What does Stephanie decide to wear to the wedding instead of the dress she had originally planned to wear?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the situation of Shempsky being caught.

2. What does Stephanie suspect about Shempsky and why is it suspicious that he's not at work? What might this foreshadow?

3. What is revealed about Fred and Mabel's relationship through mention of what Mabel has been doing?

4. What happens to the BMW and why is that humorous?

5. What does Stephanie decide at the last moment concerning the wedding she is attending and what do you think is her motivation?

6. What is ironic about how Stephanie is saved from Shempsky killing her?

7. How does Ranger respond to the report of the BMW and why do you think he feels the way he does?

8. What indicates that there is a strong possibility that one of those involved in the money skimming scheme may work for the bank or the garbage company?

9. Who else takes Stephanie unawares after she escapes from Rameriz? Is this new situation any more dangerous?

10. What does Morelli tell Stephanie and does this have any effect upon her actions? Should it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

1. Do you think being a bounty hunter is an appropriate occupation for a woman? Discuss fully.

2. Do you think Stephanie Plum could be considered a successful bounty hunter?

3. Compare/contrast the way Morelli views Stephanie's occupation versus the way Ranger views it.

Essay Topic 2

In any detective novel, there are usually serious crimes such as murder involved. Discuss one of the following:

1. Discuss and analyze what you think are three of the primary motivations for someone to murder another person. Include examples from this story and your own reading.

2. Is crime taken seriously in High Five or does the fact that so much of the novel is farcical suggest that crime, even murder, is secondary to the story?

3. Discuss and analyze how greed is a primary motivation in a large percentage of crime both in this story and in "real" life.

Essay Topic 3

Stephanie seems to get herself in and out of difficult and even dangerous situations with very little long-term consequences. Discuss the following:

1. What is a narrative contrivance?

2. Briefly summarize and analyze two situations in High Five where it seems that the only way Stephanie gets out of them is through narrative contrivance.

3. Would you rather there be and improbable event to save one of your characters or would you want the author to be more realistic? Discuss why or why not.

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