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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 Lula say about the Buick when she is driving in it with Stephanie?

2. Who is grotesquely interested in the contents of the package Stephanie receives from her building superintendent?

3. What does Louie Moon leave around his house year round?

4. Grandma Mazur recognizes what about the caskets found at the abandoned building?

5. What does Kenny tuck into Stephanie's jacket pocket in Chapter Eight?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Grandma Mazur save both herself and Stephanie from Kenny?

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. Stephanie cannot catch Kenny because she is wearing a sexy pair of high heels. What does this symbolize?

7. 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?

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

9. When Grandma Mazur is attacked, this hurts Stephanie more than if she were attacked. Why?

10. Describe the general vibe of Spiro. What redeeming qualities has he shown up until Chapter Nine that would make Stephanie trust him and work as his bodyguard?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Stephanie and Morelli share a romantic interest for one another within the story. Yet, they do not end up together at the end of the book.

1) Compare the two characters. How are they similar? How are they different?

2) Consider how these two characters compliment each other. Do they work well together? Or do they work better alone?

3) Based on your analysis of who they are, consider their compatibility. Are these two characters a love match? Or are they better off to just stay out of each other's way?

Essay Topic 3

There are several instances of foreshadowing in the story. Choose one example from the text and analyze it. What is the foreshadowing? Why is it there? Does it pay off? Does it add to the story? Why or why not?

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