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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where does Grandma Mazur say she has learned how to operate a revolver?
(a) From the salesman at the local gun store.
(b) From taking a firearms safety course.
(c) From watching TV.
(d) From the police department's citizen's patrol.

2. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Bernie Kuntz?
(a) His ability to make it through dinner with her zany family impresses Stephanie.
(b) He's boring.
(c) Stephanie finds him fascinating and interesting.
(d) He's a nice man.

3. Which of the following statements does NOT describe who Eddie Gazarra is?
(a) He is a New York City policeman.
(b) He is always there for Stephanie when she needs his help.
(c) He is married to Stephanie's cousin, Shirley the Whiner.
(d) He is a close friend of Stephanie's from high school.

4. Who lives with Stephanie's parents, much to the chagrin of her father?
(a) Stephanie's sister, Valerie.
(b) Morelli.
(c) Stephanie.
(d) Grandma Mazur, her mother's mother.

5. To where does the person Stephanie follows in Chapter 2 lead her?
(a) Tasty Pastry.
(b) Joe Morelli's hiding place, an apartment downtown.
(c) His mother's house for dinner.
(d) E. E. Martin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Stephanie behind on her payments for her Mazda Miata?

2. What is the ethnic background of Stephanie Plum's family?

3. What kind of message does Stephanie find on Joe Morelli's answering machine while snooping around his apartment?

4. Which of the following statements is true about Stephanie's qualifications for being a bounty hunter?

5. What does Stephanie do in Chapter 7 with her first check from the bail bonds company for the capture of a fugitive?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Ranger joins Stephanie in Chapter 5 to search Morelli's apartment, how does he fit or not fit the image Stephanie has of him as a bounty hunter?

2. Why do you think Ranger agrees to help Stephanie?

3. Why does Vincent Plum laugh when Stephanie asks him for an advance on the bounty for Morelli?

4. What actions in Chapter 6 indicate that Joe Morelli is better at surveillance and apprehension than Stephanie?

5. Why does Stephanie call Ranger for assistance instead of her father or the authorities when Morelli handcuffs her to a curtain rod?

6. Is Stephanie in real danger from Benito Ramirez, or is the danger primarily in her imagination?

7. Why does Stephanie want to install a security system in Morelli's Jeep, a Jeep that doesn't belong to her?

8. How does the Plum family dinner in Chapter 4 contribute to the atmosphere of escalating danger in the book?

9. What is Stephanie's financial situation as the book opens?

10. How does Mrs. Morelli humiliate Stephanie in Chapter 5?

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