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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. Whom did Sarah have with her when she spent one of the bills in Chapter Eleven?

2. What do Sarah and Hank name their son in Chapter Twelve?

3. Whom did Vernon Bokovsky kidnap and murder?

4. What does Hank do to the customer who arrives as he's trying to clean up and leave the store in Chapter Twelve?

5. In the middle of the night in Chapter Nine, Hank briefly realizes that the simplest action for him now would be to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom is Hank asked to identify in Chapter Eleven?

2. What does Hank discover from the FBI about the missing money in Chapter Eleven?

3. How does Hank meet Agent Baxter? What is his first impression of him?

4. How does Hank respond when Sarah asks if he would kill her for the money in Chapter Eight?

5. What is Hank's reaction to seeing the bag of money in Chapter Eleven?

6. What does Hank tell Sheriff McKellroy and Collins in Chapter Eleven?

7. What does Hank ask to borrow from Carl in the beginning of Chapter Ten? Why?

8. What is Sarah's belief about Jacob in Chapter Seven? What happens to him?

9. What does Hank do in order to decide whether to go with Carl and Agent Baxter in Chapter Ten?

10. Where does Hank go with Sheriff McKellroy and Collins after the station in Chapter Eleven? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Describe the setting of A Simple Plan. Where is Ashenville, Ohio located? What is the climate like at this location? In what year and month does the novel begin?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the emotional and physical conflicts presented in Chapter Six. How does this chapter mark the beginning of the climax of the novel?

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