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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 visit at her ex-husband's office?

2. Who is waiting for Stephanie the next morning?

3. What does Stephanie ask Morelli when he calls?

4. Who is watching TV at Stephanie's place when she gets home?

5. What do they do with the dead body in Cynthia's car?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is one thing that is ironic about how Stephanie and Lula manage to finally get Munson into her car?

3. What is the parallel between Stephanie and cars, and Ranger and dead bodies?

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. Is there any justification for Stephanie committing a felony (breaking and entering) when she and Lula go into Ramos's townhouse?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

1. Compare/contrast Stephanie to her mother.

2. Compare/contrast Stephanie's mother to Stephanie's grandmother.

3. Compare/contrast Stephanie to Lula.

Essay Topic 2

Family is an important theme in Hot Six. Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze Stephanie's relationship to her family.

2. Compare Stephanie's relationship to her family to the relationships in the Ramos family.

3. Discuss the attitudes towards family by 5 characters in the novel.

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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