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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. When does Sara lock her keys in her car?

2. In what kind of object is Harriet Wannemaker's body found?

3. What does Price claim about his conviction?

4. Whose statement about the possible killer does Lawrence's statement parallel?

5. What kinds of victims does Koop prefer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ray Weston's daughter report him as a possible suspect to the police?

2. What is Weather and Davenport's relationship?

3. What kind of woman was Koop's mother?

4. What surprises Davenport about his first conversation with Jan Reed?

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

6. Why is Chief Roux furious in Chapter 7?

7. What kind of person is Meagan Connell?

8. What did Koop learn about himself while in the Army?

9. What makes Sara realize that someone has licked her while she has been asleep?

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

Analyze at least four different ways the story of "Night Prey" would change if the setting were in a very large, urban area, like New York City, instead of Minneapolis/St. Paul.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the relationship between Davenport and Weather. Using direct evidence from the text, make sure to address 1) what their relationship has been like historically, 2) what their relationship is like now, and 3) what the reader learns about these two characters through their interactions with each other in "Night Prey."

Essay Topic 3

Discuss at least four aspects of "Night Prey" that can easily be carried over into another novel in the Lucas Davenport mystery series.

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