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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 long is the hike back to Hank's truck in Chapter Two?

2. Jacob Mitchell lives above what establishment?

3. Whose savings does Lou say he's spent in Chapter Six?

4. Who comes downstairs and tries to convince Lou to put away his gun in Chapter Six?

5. Who asks Hank if he'd told Carl "about the plane" in Chapter Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jacob cry in Chapter Three? What argument ensues between Jacob and Hank?

2. What recollection of his parents does Hank have in the beginning of Chapter Three?

3. What do Hank and Jacob decide to do about their situation in the end of Chapter Six? Who suggests a different plan?

4. Why does Jacob spend the night at Hank's in Chapter Five? What agreement does he come to with Hank?

5. What do Hank, Lou, and Jacob question about the money from the plane after finding it in Chapter One?

6. What argument does Hank, Lou and Jacob each make for what to do with the money in Chapter One?

7. What does Hank find inside the crashed plane in Chapter One?

8. Who do Hank, Lou and Jacob encounter when they return to the truck in Chapter One?

9. What game do Jacob, Hank, and Sarah play in Chapter Five? What happens afterward?

10. What does Jacob ask Hank and Carl when he emerges from the truck in Chapter One?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the author Scott Bechtel Smith. For what major works is Smith most known? What screenplays has the author adapted and/or written?

Essay Topic 2

Define and discuss the element of theme in literature. How is the theme of trust established in Chapter One?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the plot development of Alice McMartin, Vernon Bokovsky, and Stephen Bokovsky in the narrative. How does Sarah's discovery change their objectives and actions?

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