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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 Henry say about the town reeking in Chapter sixteen?

2. What does Jack ask Sophie when he first goes over into the Territories in Chapter twenty-one?

3. What do the men answer when Munshun says for Judy to make another son?

4. What happens when Jack knocks the cap off of Tyler's head?

5. What does Munshun wait to be sure of before he comes up to grab Tyler?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tyler get his hand un-cuffed from the wall?

2. What do Doc and Beezer explain about Mouse's condition when Jack first arrives in Chapter twenty-three?

3. What is on the tape that is sent to Judy in Chapter twenty?

4. What does Munshun tell Tyler when he first grabs him in Chapter twenty-nine?

5. What does Sonny remember about Harko?

6. How does Jack describe Mouse's leg in Chapter twenty-three?

7. How does Burny die?

8. What happens when Munshun is faced with Jack, Dale, Beezer, and Doc?

9. What does Potter tell Jack when they are able to talk?

10. What does Doc remember about Daisy Temperly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Speculate on the reasons that Sonny and Kaiser Bill left when Mouse was sick.

2) Do you think that Mouse would have left if it had been Sonny or Kaiser Bill that had been injured? Why or why not?

3) Was Mouse's death necessary in the story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

1) Do you feel that Jack was lying when he would keep partial truths from people, such as telling Dr. Spiegleman that what he was doing was somewhat like profiling? Why or why not?

2) Would you consider Jack a true hero or a flawed hero? Why?

3) Would you rather read about a hero that is flawed or one that fights the profile of a knight in shining armor? Why?

Essay Topic 3

1) Compare Dale and Beezer. In what ways are these two characters the same? In what ways do they differ?

2) Do you feel that Dale and Beezer will continue to help each other now that Jack is gone? Why or why not?

3) Which of these characters do you feel is stronger or the better leader?

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