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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. Who does Stephanie ask about the check?

2. What does Grandma Mazur scheme about at the funeral home?

3. Who does Stephanie go to see about another dispute?

4. Who is on his way to the airport also?

5. Where does Stephanie spy Shempsky?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ranger suggest Stephanie do about the Porsche he offers her and what do you think should be Stephanie's response?

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

3. Do you think Ranger is interested in marriage with Stephanie?

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

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

6. Describe the situation of Shempsky being caught.

7. How does Stephanie now know Shempsky is tied to her uncle Fred's disappearance?

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

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

10. What does Shempsky tell Stephanie about his plans?

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

Choose one of the following:

1. How does the plot structure contribute to the success of the story? (Or Not)

2. Discuss the five times Evanovich uses foreshadowing and how it is fulfilled later in the story.

3. Discuss the use of slang/dialect and lingo in the story and how it does (or does not) make a more interesting read.

Essay Topic 3

This novel belongs to the general literary category of fiction and the genre of detective fiction, although it has characteristics of other genres also. Discuss the following:

1. Define the term genre.

2. Why do you think books are categorized by genre? What are the advantages? The disadvantages?

3. Discuss in what ways you think High Five belongs to the detective fiction genre.

4. To what other genres could this book possibly belong?

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