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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 try not to cry?

2. What does Bob eat?

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

4. Where does Alexander say he was when Homer dies?

5. What does the person in question #112 plan to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Stephanie's relationship to Mitchell and Habib change in this section?

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

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

4. Do you think where Stephanie shoots Munson is intentional?

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

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

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

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. Why is Cynthia at the townhouse and how does the information she offers and her actions at the townhouse inform her character?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Much of what happens in Hot Six can be considered farcical. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think is the meaning of the term "farcical" as applied to literature?

2. In what ways do you think Hot Six is farcical? Give specific examples in your discussion.

3. Why do you think Evanovich chooses to depict her protagonist in such a farcical manner at times?

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

There are many incidences of irony in Hot Six. Discuss the following:

1. Trace and analyze 5 incidences of irony.

2. Why do you think authors write irony into their stories?

3. Does the ironic situations in Hot Six enhance the reading experience? Why or why not.

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