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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. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Stark Street?

2. What is the "secret weapon" that Helen Plum uses in Chapter 4 to entice her daughter to stay for dinner when Stephanie wants to flee her parents' home?

3. What is Benito Ramirez's relationship to Ziggy Kulesza?

4. Who is the neighborhood bad boy that Stephanie reminisces about in the beginning of Chapter 1?

5. What is Ranger's real name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the vandalism of Stephanie's Nova on Stark Street symbolize?

2. What feelings does Stephanie have once she learns that Joe Morelli is the fugitive she has to pursue?

3. What feelings does seeing Morelli again stir in Stephanie?

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

5. When Stephanie questions Lula and Jackie in Chapter 7, is she a convincing liar?

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

7. What does Joe Morelli's rescue of Stephanie at the Stark Street Gym in Chapter 3 indicate?

8. What does Stephanie learn about Kulesza when she questions potential witnesses at Carmen Sanchez's apartment building in Chapter 4?

9. Describe Ranger.

10. Explain how Stephanie goes to the Vincent Plum Bail Bonding Company to apply for the position of file clerk yet ends up getting hired as a bounty hunter.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Stephanie Plum and Joe Morelli. Tell how they are alike and how they are different, explain how they move from having opposite goals at the beginning of the book to sharing a goal by the end of the book, and discuss whether or not you think they love each other. Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

A confidante is a character who lends the protagonist of a story a listening ear and offers advice and assistance. Ranger, Connie Rosolli, and Eddie Gazarra serve as confidantes to Stephanie Plum throughout One for the Money.

Part 1) Compare and contrast all three characters, showing how they are alike and how they are different.

Part 2) What do you think would change if these characters did not exist in the story? Use events from the text where they advised or otherwise assisted Stephanie and had an impact on her and her situation.

Part 3) Which of the three confidantes do you think is most indispensable to the story? Cite several examples from the book to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

One for the Money is a popular and bestselling novel. Discuss what factors in the novel you think have made it a bestseller. Cite examples from the book to support your case.

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