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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How did Isaac try to kill himself?
(a) By overdose.
(b) By drowning.
(c) By gas inhalation.
(d) By hanging.
2. Whom does Isaac kill at the car factory?
(a) Virgil.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Otto.
(d) Murray.
3. How old is Isaac English in the beginning of the novel?
(a) 20.
(b) 21.
(c) 22.
(d) 26.
4. What word from Book Two refers to a person who believes in the doctrine of free will?
(a) Anglican.
(b) Anarchist.
(c) Unitarian.
(d) Libertarian.
5. What does Isaac realize he left at the murder scene in Book One?
(a) His wallet.
(b) His backpack.
(c) His jacket.
(d) His watch.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Poe use in the past to beat a boy up until he had brain damage?
2. Where has Poe been stabbed when he returns home from the car factory in Book One?
3. Whom does Poe tell Lee is responsible for the murder in Book Two?
4. What word from Book One refers to the path followed by a flying object moving under the action of given forces?
5. Where is Poe taken by van to a prison after he's been booked in Book Two?
Short Essay Questions
1. What takes place in Grace Poe's narrative in Book Two?
2. How does the murder in Book One influence the characters of Isaac and Poe?
3. What importance does the setting of American Rust play in the story?
4. What political struggles and conflicts plague Bud Harris in Book Two?
5. Where do Isaac and Poe encounter the three drifters in Book One? Who are the drifters and how are they described?
6. Describe the character of Bud Harris in the narrative. What is revealed about Harris's inner thoughts in Book Two?
7. How is Isaac English described when his character is introduced in Book One? What are Isaac's circumstances in the beginning of the novel?
8. Where does Isaac encounter the teenage thugs in Book Two? What happens when he encounters them?
9. What does Poe reveal to Lee about the murder in Book Two? How does she respond?
10. The theme of fatalism plays a large part in American Rust. How does fatalism apply to the murder of Otto?
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