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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. Who gives Davenport and Connell important details about the burglary at Sara's place?

2. Who lets Davenport onto the roof on the building across from Sara's?

3. Where does Koop first go one the group starts tailing him?

4. How does Davenport address Schultz?

5. Who tells Sara that Evan will probably pull through the attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between Davenport and the man at the junkyard that results in Davenport getting hurt?

2. Why is Jan Reed at the scene where Evan is attacked?

3. What does Davenport discover from the St. Paul police department about the tip that came from the deaf witnesses?

4. What does Davenport tell Jan Reed about the junkyard bust once she starts asking questions?

5. Why are Davenport and Connell so concerned about arresting Koop early?

6. Who is present during Joe Hillerod's questioning at the police station?

7. What does Koop do to try to build an alibi right after Evan's attack?

8. What stops Koop from attacking Evan the first time he sees him being intimate with Sara?

9. What causes the police detectives to head to Joe Hillerod's house in Chapter 16?

10. What does Koop recover on his way back to town to see Sara?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss at least three ways that the violence and/or murder scenes in "Night Prey" are gratuitously violent and why such violence takes away from the plot and/or rest of the text.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Describe at least three things that Sandford is able to do with the character of Davenport because he is a man AND at least three things Davenport is *not* able to do with him because he is a man.

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