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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 type of guns does Stephanie find in Spiro's apartment?
(a) Handguns.
(b) Semi-automatics.
(c) Machine guns.
(d) Stun guns.

2. At Stephanie's Stiva stake-out, what does Kenny ram her vehicle with?
(a) A school bus.
(b) A cement truck.
(c) The Jeep.
(d) A Suburban.

3. In Chapter Fourteen, who goes missing at the funeral parlor?
(a) Spiro.
(b) Grandma Mazur.
(c) Loosey's body.
(d) Connie.

4. Kenny calls Stephanie at home, threatening to harm whom?
(a) Vinnie.
(b) Mrs. Plum.
(c) Grandma Mazur.
(d) Spiro.

5. When someone goes missing at the funeral parlor, whom does Stephanie call for help?
(a) Morelli and Kenny.
(b) Grandma Mazur and Ranger.
(c) Ranger and Mrs. Plum.
(d) Connie and Lula.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Stephanie get Spiro to take her to the basement after someone goes missing?

2. What is the philosophy of the 'Burg society?

3. After claiming to fear for his life, whom does Spiro hire as a bodyguard?

4. What does Stephanie insist Spiro do with the severed finger?

5. Stephanie brings Grandma Mazur to visit Vinnie because she is certain he is about to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the fact that Stephanie's mother tried to set Stephanie up with Spiro say about her mother's judgment?

2. Stephanie does not call the police about the finger. Instead, she returns it to the body. What does this say about her character?

3. Why does it seem as though Joyce Barnhardt has had it out for Stephanie throughout their entire life?

4. In Chapter Thirteen, Stephanie uses Grandma Mazur as a weapon against Vinnie. How does Grandma Mazur use her power over Vinnie to keep Stephanie employed, and what does this say about the power structure in the 'Burg?

5. Kenny's acts of violence start small and then progress into larger, more grotesque actions. Explain the escalation.

6. How does Stephanie physically describe the women in her family and how does this match up with their character?

7. Why does Stephanie's mother complain about Stephanie wearing Doc Marten boots?

8. When Stephanie agrees to guard Spiro, it seems she is simply accepting money to do something she finds distasteful. Is this the reason?

9. Why is it ironic that all of the women at the beauty parlor carry guns yet Stephanie does not?

10. Although Stephanie takes on many odd jobs to make ends meet, her true passion is as a bounty hunter. How do her other jobs add or subtract to this aspiration?

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