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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. What vehicle are Mitchell and Habib now driving?
2. What does Ramos say about Homer?
3. Who grabs Bob?
4. How do Lula and Stephanie get into Munson's home?
5. Why does Alexander get into Stephanie's car?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the parallel between Stephanie and cars, and Ranger and dead bodies?
2. How does Stephanie's relationship to Mitchell and Habib change in this section?
3. How is the farcical nature of this novel even more evident in Chapter 11?
4. 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.
5. What theme concerning the relationship between Morelli and Stephanie seems to be a thread in Hot Six?
6. Why are the crime organizations angry at Homer and could this have something to do with his alleged death?
7. Do you think Stephanie is going beyond what Ranger asked her to do as far as the Ramos case?
8. Why do you think Stephanie is so amenable to doing what Ranger asks her to do?
9. How does Stephanie obtain information about the Ramos family in her "own back yard" so to speak and how is this ironic?
10. What happens when Stephanie talks to Cynthia Lotte and what does this say about Stephanie?
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
Discuss the following:
1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why?
2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why?
3. Which 3 secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?
4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?
5. Do you think this is a character-driven plot or an action-driven plot? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
Death occurs several times throughout this rather lighthearted novel. Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of death throughout the story.
2. In a somewhat farcical novel such as Hot Six, can death be a serious topic? Why or why not? Discuss fully with examples from Hot Six and other literature.
3. Is death more tragic when someone dies unexpectedly young versus someone who dies unexpectedly in their 7th or 8th decade of life? Discuss fully with examples from the book and your own experiences.
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