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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 does Stef return to Allure after leaving the morgue?

2. Where do Parker and Jimmy Burke shoot Traficante?

3. How does Stef feel watching the sexually oriented tapes with Sarah?

4. Why is it difficult to prove that the Grave Dancer is doing anything illegal?

5. Where does Parker arrange to meet with the man who recruited him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long has Stef been obsessed with the Grave Dancer and how does he feel now that this obsession is ending?

2. What does the girl who works at the club tell Stef about the club that may help him with the investigation?

3. What information does Bear learn about the man who shoots him?

4. How does Stef get to view St.-Germain's body?

5. How does Bear feel about Central Park?

6. How does Sarah act when she and Stef go to lunch together for the first time?

7. What does the killing suggest about the killer?

8. Why is Parker at the club and who is Oliver Barnwell?

9. What happens when Stef and the other man reach the finish line?

10. How does Sarah feel about the success of her book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, there was a great deal of harassment. Do you think this technique was used effectively? Why or why not? What alternate strategies would you suggest?

Essay Topic 2

What was Stef's ultimate goal throughout the novel? How was this goal achieved? How do you think he feels knowing that he was not the one to de;liver the final blow? Why do you think that way?

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think that a drug lord like St.-Germain would crave and want respectability? Do you think it is possible for a drug lord to be respectable? Why or why not?

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