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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. How does Eula, the homeless woman, escape from Stephanie?
2. Why does Stephanie get stuck on a curb when she should be chasing the "smaller car"?
3. In Chapter Five, where does Stephanie get information on other caskets?
4. Who gives Stephanie Moogey's address in Trenton?
5. Who fixes the Jeep after the stake-out?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the major difference between the attitude of Stephanie's grandmother and Mrs. Plum?
2. When Stephanie and Morelli bump into each other at the crash, what does it symbolize?
3. Why does Stephanie go to the storage unit in Chapter Four?
4. When Spiro produces an unsigned letter much like the one Stephanie received, what does this device achieve?
5. Stephanie is often shown consuming what type of food throughout 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 does the hamster Rex offer to Stephanie? How does this contrast with Morelli?
8. Why does Stephanie become suspicious of Spiro and the cheap caskets?
9. The size of the Buick is used as a commentary piece regarding what?
10. What drives Stephanie's distrust of Morelli in this particular case?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose a character you liked. Using the topics below, analyze this character's appeal to you.
Part 1) Who was your favorite character and why?
Part 2) What do you have in common with this character? Do you see yourself in him/her?
Part 3) What did this character accomplish in the story? If you were in his/her shoes, do you feel you could have achieved the same accomplishment or would you have done something differently?
Part 4) What did you learn from the character that you will apply to your everyday life?
Essay Topic 2
Moral character is manipulated throughout this novel. For example, Stephanie thinks nothing of lying to the woman who broke up her marriage, as the woman thought nothing of breaking up Stephanie's marriage.
Cite five examples in the story where the rules of society are bent and seen as socially acceptable. Debate the rationale of what is "right" and "wrong" in each instance.
Essay Topic 3
The author utilizes symbols throughout the story. From each of the following examples, explain what each object symbolizes in Stephanie's life. Explain how each symbol reflects an aspect of Stephanie's life and how it serves the story.
1. The Buick
2. The Sexy Purple Shoes
3. The Gun in the Jar
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