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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. Where did Lee attend college?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Brown University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Yale University.
2. What is the name of Poe's mother?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Lee.
(c) Grace.
(d) Mary.
3. Who steps up as an eyewitness that claims he can identify the murderer in Book Two?
(a) Murray Clark.
(b) Steve Ho.
(c) Don Cunko.
(d) John Hicks.
4. What does Grace do for a living?
(a) She is a shoe salesperson.
(b) She is a clothing maker.
(c) She is a firefighter.
(d) She is a teacher.
5. What do the teenage boys say after they've beaten up Isaac in Book Two?
(a) That they'll kill his family next.
(b) That he'd better give them all his money.
(c) That they'll be looking for him.
(d) They'd mistaken him for someone else.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Daryl Foster spraypainting on a wall when Isaac encounters him in Book Two?
2. How is Poe's physique described in Book One?
3. What is Isaac's ultimate destination as he flees his hometown in Book One?
4. What does Harris warn Poe to do when he releases him from jail in Book Two?
5. What word from Book Two refers to a thing that is necessary for the achievement to an ends?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Isaac plan to travel in Book One? Why?
2. How is Billy Poe's introduction to the Fayette Prison described in Book Two?
3. What takes place in Grace Poe's narrative in Book Two?
4. What secrets are revealed in Book Two? How do these secrets serve the plot?
5. Describe the murder in Book One. What leads up to the murder?
6. How is the character of Billy Poe described in Book One? What are his circumstances in the beginning of the novel?
7. Where does Isaac encounter the teenage thugs in Book Two? What happens when he encounters them?
8. Describe the character of Bud Harris in the narrative. What is revealed about Harris's inner thoughts in Book Two?
9. How does the murder in Book One influence the characters of Isaac and Poe?
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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