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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 Price claim the tattoo said that he saw on a possible suspect?

2. What initials are carved into Wannemaker's dead body?

3. In what state is Harriet Wannemaker's body found?

4. What initials are found carved into Lane's body?

5. What marks were found in Wannemaker's body?

Short Essay Questions

1. What comparison does Davenport note between murderers and Weather when he is watching Weather operate at the hospital?

2. What does Junky tell Davenport about cutting women?

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

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

5. Why is Jan Reed so friendly with Davenport?

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

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

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

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

10. What major act of kindness did Weather do for Davenport a year before "Night Prey" opens?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss at least three literary devices that Sandford uses to help the reader better understand at least one character of your choosing. Use direct quotations and/or examples from the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze at least three aspects of "Night Prey" that make the novel believable as well as what literary devices Sandford uses to create that level of believability OR analyze at least three aspects of "Night Prey" that make the novel unbelievable as well as what literary devices Sandford does not use effectively to create a level of believability in the story.

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