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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. Why did Koop resign from his job at the prison?

2. How does Davenport know Koop has been spying on Sara from the building across the street?

3. What does Troy want Davenport to do with Koop in Chapter 28?

4. Where does Sara know Evan Hart from?

5. What do the videos and pictures taken from Koop's attack on a woman in the street show?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is notable about the cigarettes Davenport finds on the table at Joe Hillerod's house?

2. What does Koop do at the Posey household?

3. What do Davenport and Just Plain Schultz talk about when the police pull him over?

4. What kinds of reactions and thoughts about Sara is Koop having as he drives away from attacking Evan?

5. Why does Koop surrender so easily when the police arrest him in Chapter 29?

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

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

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

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

10. What alibi does Hillerod have that clears him of Wannemaker's murder?

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 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 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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