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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. How do Davenport and Connell get to the prison where Price is being held?

2. What possibility about the killer do Davenport and Connell discuss in Chapter 4?

3. What is Weather doing when Davenport goes out to look for Junky Doog the first time?

4. Where does Koop bump into Sara at her work?

5. What did Koop first notice about Sara when he broke into her apartment?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Koop get the key to Sara's apartment?

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

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

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

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

8. What does the owner of The Saint tell Davenport and Connell when they come to question him about Harriet?

9. Why is Jan Reed so friendly with Davenport?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose at least one female character from "Night Prey" and discuss at least three ways she goes against traditional gender stereotypes of someone like her.

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 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.

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