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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 Stephanie steal from Shempsky's house?

2. What is odd about the checks Stephanie shows Leona?

3. Who is at his mother's house?

4. Where does Stephanie take Fred's check?

5. What does the witness that saw Fred say about the picture Stephanie shows her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Lipinski kill his wife, Laura and Shempsky kill Fred?

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

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 does Stephanie witness at Morelli's house; how does she react and how does she compensate for her feelings?

7. What do Stephanie and Mary Lou do and does this seem like a normal, adult activity?

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

9. Why does Stephanie think she and Morelli are working on the same case?

10. How does Stephanie, along with the reader, finally learn about Shempsky's involvement in the situation Stpehanie (and Morelli) has been investigating?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Some of Stephanie's friendship have a history that goes back to a time when Stephanie is a young girl. Some of them at the very least go back to her high school years. Discuss the following:

1. Choose one of Stephanie's long-term friendships and thoroughly analyze it to include why you think it has lasted and if you think it is a relationship that has "depth" to it.

2. What are the advantages of having friendships for many decades?

3. What are the disadvantages of having decades-long friendships?

4. There is a musical round whose first lines are "Make new friends, but keep the old." Do you think this is good advice?

Essay Topic 2

Despite Stephanie's job as a bounty hunter, there is an air of gullibility and innocence about her. Discuss the following:

1. Trace/analyze the scenes in which Stephanie seems either gullible or innocent.

2. Does Stephanie's gullibility/innocence impair her in fulfilling her job as a bounty hunter? Why or why not.

3. Do you think if Stephanie continues in this job for years, she would lose her gullibility/innocence? Why or why not.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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