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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 see when she takes Bob out for a walk?

2. Who follows Stephanie to the office?

3. What does Morelli want when he comes over?

4. Why is Grandma returning to Stephanie's parents' home?

5. Why does Stephanie drive to the beach?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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.

3. How does Stephanie obtain information about the Ramos family in her "own back yard" so to speak and how is this ironic?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Despite Stephanie's job as a bounty hunter, there is an air of gullibility and innocence about her. Discuss the following:

1. Trace/analyze the scenes in which Stephanie seems either gullible or innocent.

2. Does Stephanie's gullibility/innocence impair her in fulfilling her job as a bounty hunter? Why or why not.

3. Do you think if Stephanie continues in this job for years, she would lose her gullibility/innocence? Why or why not.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Twice in the book, Carol Zabo threatens to leap off a bridge to her death. Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Carol's suicide threats and other people's reaction to them.

2. Research the topic of suicide and discuss who is most likely to actually carry through with a suicide and why.

3. Is suicide always wrong? Never wrong? Sometimes right? Discuss fully.

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