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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 does Grandma Mazur accidentally dump on the corpse, causing a fight with his widow?
(a) A glass of wine.
(b) An urn of flowers.
(c) The contents of her large purse.
(d) An urn of ashes.

2. Who is the eccentric character who informs Stephanie she carries a gun?
(a) Stephanie's aunt.
(b) Mrs. Plum.
(c) Stephanie's grandmother.
(d) Stephanie's neighbor.

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

4. What does Stephanie admire about Morelli?
(a) That he is attractive to so many women.
(b) That Morelli whistles for a cab better than she does.
(c) The life he's made for himself as a successful cop.
(d) That Morelli was once in the Peace Corps.

5. Why is Stephanie hunting a certain character in a stake-out?
(a) Stephanie is attracted to this character.
(b) Stephanie is determined to prove that the character is a drug dealer.
(c) The character shot a friend in the knee.
(d) The character missed a court date.

Short Answer Questions

1. Stephanie starts to suspect Kenny and Moogey of doing what?

2. How does Morelli suggest resolving the stolen casket issue?

3. What does Stephanie receive at the opening of Chapter Three?

4. In what location does the tire on the Buick go flat?

5. Who gives Stephanie Moogey's address in Trenton?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What do Grandma Mazur and Eula have in common?

4. 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?

5. Why does Grandma Mazur pull the finger off of the corpse at the funeral home?

6. Why does Stephanie become suspicious of Spiro and the cheap caskets?

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

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

9. What device does the author use to create a past between Stephanie and Morelli?

10. What does the cat in the hamster cage symbolize?

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