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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 physical affliction bothers Stephanie in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Allergies.
(b) Insomnia.
(c) An eye twitch.
(d) Asthma.

2. Who cut off his own finger as a child?
(a) Vinnie.
(b) Spiro.
(c) Kenny.
(d) The undertaker.

3. Stephanie brings Grandma Mazur to visit Vinnie because she is certain he is about to do what?
(a) Tell Spiro she's attracted to him.
(b) Fire Lula.
(c) Take Stephanie off the Kenny case.
(d) Fine Stephanie for damage to the Jeep.

4. Why does Spiro fire Stephanie in Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Spiro doesn't have any money.
(b) Spiro is no longer afraid of Kenny.
(c) It was Stephanie's fault Spiro got attacked.
(d) Spiro cannot be around her without falling in love.

5. Morelli reveals the Sandman's body was found the night before. Where was it found?
(a) In the river.
(b) At Kenny's motel.
(c) Outside the police station.
(d) With Spiro.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Stephanie move to after Grandma Mazur is attacked?

2. What movie does the victim quote while firing a weapon at Kenny?

3. Why is Grandma Mazur eager to be seen in public after she is attacked?

4. In Chapter Nine, Mrs. Plum makes Stephanie look desperate for a husband by doing what?

5. What do Stephanie and Morelli believe the caskets found at the abandoned building were used for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Lula break the window when she and Stephanie visit Spiro's apartment?

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

4. 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?

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

6. Describe the type of style the women in the 'Burg aspire to. Does caring about beauty and fashion make them seem oppressed?

7. Why does Morelli's past with Stephanie suggest a greater opportunity for a future?

8. Stephanie observes that the widow of the fingerless man has never experienced independence and will not know how to handle independence now that her husband has died. How is this different from Stephanie's lifestyle?

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

10. What has changed about Stephanie's bedroom from the time she lived there in high school? What does this say about how Stephanie's mother views her?

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