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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens after Ranger leaves Homer?
(a) Someone tries to kill Ranger.
(b) Someone kills Homer.
(c) Ranger sets a fire to the warehouse.
(d) Someone kills Homer's siser.

2. Who is present at the meeting among the Ramos men?
(a) Alexander and Hannibal only.
(b) Hannibal and Ulysses only.
(c) Hannibal only.
(d) Hannibal, Alexander and Ulysses.

3. What does Ranger tell Stephanie about Mitchell and Habib?
(a) They work for Ramos.
(b) They are nothing to worry about.
(c) They work for Arturo Stolle.
(d) They are both hit men.

4. Where is Homer found with a bullet in his head?
(a) In Stephanie's apartment.
(b) In a dumpster in the police station parking lot.
(c) In the river.
(d) In a burned out building owned by his father.

5. What does Walter Dunphy invite Stephanie to do?
(a) Have a beer.
(b) Watch Rocky and Bullwinkle.
(c) Play canasta.
(d) See his snake collection.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Lula and Stephanie go?

2. What does Stephanie hear as she is getting to her car?

3. What does the caller want?

4. What ploy does Stephanie use to observe who meets with Hannibal?

5. What does Grandma like about dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about Lula's former life to her current job?

2. What are one or two ways Stephanie demonstrates a piece (flaw?) in her personality as far as rescuing people?

3. What does Stephanie's on-again off-again boyfriend know about Stephanie and Ranger and what do you think his response is to that?

4. After Munson rams Mitchell and Habib's car, probably in pursuit of Stephanie, is there now reason for Stephanie to drop this case?

5. Are Stephanie and Lula wise to go back to Munson's house after their previous experience with him?

6. Describe the scene with Stephanie and Carol Zabo five months after the prologue and also what this says about Stephanie as a person.

7. How does the interrelationships in this story suggest a sense of community?

8. How is Bob starting to be an asset as well as a nuisance in Stephanie's life?

9. How does Stephanie demonstrate that she can "think on her feet"?

10. Why do Joyce Barnhardt and Stephanie have an uneasy relationship?

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