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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. Why does Stephanie drive to Morelli's home?

2. Why do Lula and Stephanie drive to Munson's home?

3. What does Bob eat?

4. What is Bob eating in the kitchen?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Stephanie talks to Cynthia Lotte and what does this say about Stephanie?

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

3. Do you think it is right of Stephanie to ram Joyce's SUV with the Buick?

4. What is Stephanie's response to Ranger's warning about the Ramos family?

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

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

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

8. Why is Stephanie's grandma moving back to Stephanie's parents' home and what do you think is the implication?

9. Stephanie manages to get to her gun and shoot Munson in the foot. It seems unlikely that Stephanie under the stress of the circumstances intentionally aims and shoots Munson in the foot. What is more likely to have happened is that she pointed the gun and pulled the trigger and it happened to hit Munson in the foot.

10. Do you think Stephanie is going beyond what Ranger asked her to do as far as the Ramos case?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Stephanie is constantly helping friends and family members out of difficult situations. Discuss the following:

1. Research and discuss the concept of "rescuing people."

2. Do you think Stephanie is a "rescuer"? Why or why not?

3. Do you think it is an unhealthy personality trait to try to "save" people? Why or why not.

Essay Topic 2

A number of characters in Hot Six are people who are living on the wrong side of the law, or at the very least at the edge of legality. Discuss the following:

1. Trace and analyze two characters who live in the "grey zone" between legal and illegal (not those who are mobster types such as the Ramos family members or Stolle).

2. Compare/contrast Stephanie's attitudes towards lawbreakers versus that of Joe Morelli.

3. Compare/contrast Joe Morelli's attitudes towards lawbreakers versus that of Ranger.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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