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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 go to see about another dispute?

2. Why does Stephanie call Morelli and invite him for dinner?

3. What does Stephanie demand of Morelli when he makes her come inside his place?

4. Who grabs Stephanie and tries to force her out of the building?

5. Why does Stephanie take the Buick to the airport?

Short Essay Questions

1. What breakthrough does Stephanie have in the case of her missing uncle on Sunday?

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

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

4. How does Stephanie eliminate Lipinski as the man with whom Fred enters a vehicle and drives off?

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

6. Describe the situation of Shempsky being caught.

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

8. Who attacks Stephanie and why do you think she does not see the attack coming?

9. What does Shempsky tell Stephanie about his plans?

10. What does Stephanie and Lula learn from the clerk at the garbage company that may turn out to be important?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Stephanie Plum is a bounty hunter. Discuss the following:

1. What is a bounty hunter as it is used in this novel?

2. Why do you think someone would choose the job of bounty hunter?

3. Would you be willing to be a bounty hunter?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following to discuss:

1. Compare/contrast Joe Morelli to Ranger.

2. Compare/contrast the relationship of Joe to Stephanie to that of Ranger to Stephanie.

3. Compare/contrast the type of "community" in which Stephanie lives to your own.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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