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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. Where does Grandma hear someone talking about Homer?
(a) At the dry cleaners.
(b) At her hairdressers.
(c) At the dealer's.
(d) At the police station.

2. What does the kidnapper want?
(a) Nothing; he is hired by Munson to kill Stephanie.
(b) Information about the Ramos family.
(c) Information about the dead man in Cynthia's car.
(d) Stephanie to contact Ranger and get him to meet her.

3. What does Bob eat?
(a) A large, raw roast.
(b) Two boxes of prunes.
(c) Stephanie's favorite sandals.
(d) A cake.

4. What does Morelli do about the dead man at the townhouse?
(a) Calls in an anonymous tip.
(b) Calls in his detective squad to meet him at the townhouse.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Goes and finds him.

5. Why does Stephanie drive to Morelli's home?
(a) To tell Morelli about the time at the townhouse.
(b) Because she is scared.
(c) To get Bob.
(d) To make love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Stephanie think it is when she hears the door open when she is getting ready for bed?

2. Who has been found dead?

3. What do the women find in the garage?

4. Where does Stephanie go when she is released by her kidnapper?

5. What does Ramos say about Hannibal?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the situation with Mitchell and Habib and their dog napping demonstrate a narrative contrivance?

2. Stephanie has bad luck with cars--do you think this is her fault?

3. Why do you think Stephanie goes to the trouble to buy an alarm at Radio Shack just to catch Ranger sneaking into her house?

4. Why are the crime organizations angry at Homer and could this have something to do with his alleged death?

5. What does Ranger tell Stephanie when he stops her while she is out walking the dog and do you think Morelli had a hand in Ranger's decision?

6. What does Stephanie's grandma buy and what do you think this symbolizes?

7. Why do you think Stephanie is so amenable to doing what Ranger asks her to do?

8. What theme concerning the relationship between Morelli and Stephanie seems to be a thread in Hot Six?

9. What do you think Alexander means when he says Homer killed himself?

10. How is the farcical nature of this novel even more evident in Chapter 11?

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