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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. What does Spiro give Stephanie to follow up on the caskets?
2. What does Stephanie find in Rex's cage after her apartment was vandalized?
3. Why is Connie from the bond office upset at beginning of Chapter Five?
4. How does Morelli describe Stephanie's physical appearance the morning after her apartment was robbed?
5. Where did Kenny Mancuso serve his duty in the army?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the hamster Rex offer to Stephanie? How does this contrast with Morelli?
2. Why does Stephanie hire a former prostitute to work for Vinnie?
3. 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?
4. Why does Stephanie go to the storage unit in Chapter Four?
5. Could Stephanie accomplish what she does if she lived somewhere that was not as close knit?
6. When Spiro produces an unsigned letter much like the one Stephanie received, what does this device achieve?
7. What do Grandma Mazur and Eula have in common?
8. Why does Stephanie visit dangerous suspects without back-up?
9. Why is Stephanie occasionally dishonest when seeking answers for her case?
10. The size of the Buick is used as a commentary piece regarding what?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Within the novel, there were several graphic acts of violence. However, the author manipulated these opportunities for violence in such a way that the novel was not gory, but instead comical. Analyze three specific instances where violence was used and how the author managed to present a graphic concept while maintaining entertainment value.
Essay Topic 2
Stephanie's apartment is a safe haven that reflects her independent lifestyle. Analyze why the break-in at Stephanie's apartment affected her in the way that it did. Consider the following...
1. What does the apartment symbolize?
2. Why is it important to Stephanie?
3. What was the significance of Stephanie having to leave her apartment to protect her family?
4. Why was it important for her to return to the apartment at the end of the story?
Essay Topic 3
Throughout the novel, guns made a significant appearance. Discuss whether guns were portrayed as good or evil, and in the end, what this might mean in terms of the author's philosophy on firearms.
Part 1) Cite and discuss where guns were portrayed positively in the story and why.
Part 2) Cite and discuss where guns were portrayed negatively in the story and why.
Part 3) Explain Stephanie's relationship to her gun. Why did she keep it in a jar? Why did she rely on her stun gun instead? Was it ironic that Stephanie used a stun gun to go save Grandma Mazur, but it was Grandma Mazur's real gun that saved the day?
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