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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. What crashes into Stephanie at a gun sale?
(a) Stephanie's stolen Jeep.
(b) A motorcycle.
(c) Stephanie's stolen Buick.
(d) An unmarked police car.

2. What is the full name of the storage facility?
(a) R & J Storage.
(b) The Store.
(c) The Storage Locker.
(d) J & R Storage.

3. What is one of the problems Stephanie has with Morelli?
(a) Morelli chews with his mouth open.
(b) Morelli swears in front of women and children.
(c) Morelli was born into money and she wasn't.
(d) Morelli has a questionable moral character.

4. Why does Stephanie hope Spiro will make a sexual move on her?
(a) Stephanie wants to get married.
(b) It would make Mrs. Plum very happy.
(c) So Stephanie can shoot him with the stun gun.
(d) Stephanie is really attracted to him.

5. Who follows Stephanie on this investigative journey to the storage facility?
(a) Morelli.
(b) Mrs. Plum.
(c) The Sandman.
(d) Her grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Spiro show Stephanie in Chapter Seven?

2. Who is the eccentric character who informs Stephanie she carries a gun?

3. When Stephanie goes home after the stake-out, there is an invitation on her answering machine to go to dinner. Who is it from?

4. Why did Stephanie get Lula hired in the office after the other file clerk quit?

5. What does the Sandman's neighbor accuse Stephanie of being when he catches her outside the Sandman's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Stephanie go to the storage unit in Chapter Four?

2. What do Stephanie and her Grandmother argue about prior to Moogey's funeral?

3. How does the 'Burg help with the job Stephanie is trying to do?

4. Why does Stephanie hire a former prostitute to work for Vinnie?

5. There are many examples of irreverence that take place at the funeral home. For example, the group that attends the K and C funeral get rowdy and drunk. How does this device help the story?

6. Stephanie attends dinner with her grandmother hoping to get a lead on her case through neighborhood gossip. The grandmother invites Stephanie to dinner in hopes that she will connect with Spiro, the surprise dinner guest. What do these actions say about the relationship of these women to each other?

7. What is the major difference between the attitude of Stephanie's grandmother and Mrs. Plum?

8. Could Stephanie accomplish what she does if she lived somewhere that was not as close knit?

9. What drives Stephanie's distrust of Morelli in this particular case?

10. Why do the residents of the 'Burg see it as unusual for Stephanie to be single?

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