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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 does Koop have to climb on top of to see directly in to Sara's apartment?

2. What is Charmagne Carter's visible sign of death?

3. What does Davenport tell Cherry is the reason behind his visit to Carter's apartment?

4. What major illness does Connell have?

5. How does Connell react when she sees Wannemaker's body?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Koop get a copy of the new key to Sara's apartment?

2. What does Price insist happened the night he supposedly killed the woman he is in jail for killing?

3. Why does Davenport orchestrate an assault with Junky Doog when he meets him at the dump?

4. Why is Chief Roux furious in Chapter 7?

5. What kinds of aspirations does Roux have?

6. What signals to Davenport and Greaves that Junky Doog, when they find him, has lost touch with reality?

7. What kind of case does Davenport watch Weather operate on in the hospital in Chapter 11?

8. What important event happens as Koop is heading to the bookstore in Chapter 1?

9. Why does Weather wake Davenport up to watch the morning news in Chapter 6?

10. How does Davenport and Connell's case supposedly connect to Del's case (in Chapter 14)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss why it was necessary for Connell to die in "Night Prey." Make sure to discuss what effect her death has on the text in general and on Davenport in particular -- and why those consequences were necessary for the story.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze at least three literary techniques Sandford uses to make one character of your choosing from "Night Prey" very likable OR very unlikable to the reader.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze at least three different literary techniques Sandford uses to create tension in "Night Prey."

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