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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. What did Mary Lee ask her husband before attacking him?

2. When Stephanie awakes to find Ranger in her apartment, why does he say he is there?

3. What was Melvin Pickle arrested for?

4. What does Morelli ask Stephanie when he calls her?

5. What did Mary Lee do when her husband didn't immediately answer her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Lula and Stephanie start going to Skip's houses in Chapter 1?

2. Describe what happened with Mary Lee Truk as it is described by Stephanie's grandmother in Chapter 2.

3. What happens when Stephanie and Lula go into Treasure Pleasures?

4. Explain the fight that happens between Joyce and Lula in Chapter 10.

5. What problem does Melvin have in the beginning of Chapter 10?

6. What does Stephanie find when she goes to Ranger's office?

7. In Chapter 8 what does Ranger tell Stephanie about the guy that has been using his name?

8. What happens when Joyce comes into the office in Chapter 10?

9. Describe the scene in Chapter 1 when Stephanie goes to the bakery.

10. In chapter three what does Stephanie and Lula find when they go to Lonnie Johnson's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How important is it for a book to seem realistic?

Part 1) In what ways was the story realistic? In what ways was it not?

Part 2) What could the author have done differently to make it seem more realistic?

Essay Topic 2

Define love.

Part 1) Can either of the situations that Stephanie has with Ranger or Morelli be classified more easily as love? Explain.

Part 2) What is the difference in the relationship that she has with these two men?

Part 3) What is the difference in the way that Morelli and Ranger treat Stephanie?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Stephanie's work ethic. Why is it she is willing to walk away from skips if the situation seems to dangerous or hard? What does this tell the reader?

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