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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 did Lila do for Doc in the past?

2. How does Pat feel when he finds someone in his car at the end of Chapter 18?

3. How does Lila deal with the grief of losing her husband?

4. Whom does Pat decide he can fully trust?

5. When do Pat and Eggleston plan to meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lila insist on a ride from Pat in Chapter 27?

2. Why is Pat stunned in Chapter 23?

3. As of Chapter 26, are Pat and Lila in similar situations? Use evidence from the story to support your argument.

4. What does Pat realize about Doc in Chapter 17?

5. Why does Pat decide to smuggle the body out of the building?

6. Why is Pat's announcement to the men at the meeting not as effective as he was expecting?

7. Whom will Doc's scheme benefit?

8. Does Pat trust Madeline?

9. Why is Pat dismayed upon entering Eggleston's office?

10. Why does Pat wonder if Lila killed Eggleston?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Doc use manipulation to get what he wants in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters who are morally upstanding and those characters who are morally corrupt.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the National Phalanx and how its "Red Scare" tactics are reflective of the period in which the novel was written.

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