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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. Who do the mercenaries kill as a warning to Peter?

2. What is Meral afraid police officers will do with their hats?

3. What happens to the murderer of Leon Ratchet?

4. Where does Peter call Jane from?

5. Where does Meral examine the machete?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Carrie Rose kill her ex-partner?

2. What is Carrie Rose's response to Dred bringing an extra car to the deal?

3. What impression does Meral Johnson try to make?

4. Describe the actions Carrie Rose takes to make sure the letter delivered to the Evening Star newspaper can't be traced back to her.

5. Describe the people who are on trial for murder.

6. How proficient is Peter with a gun?

7. Describe the meeting in Lathrop Wells, Nevada.

8. What are Monkey Dred's demands in the letter delivered to the Evening Star?

9. Describe Peter MacDonald

10. What is the judge's attitude toward the people he is sentencing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Damian Rose's character.

1) How does Damian Rose see himself? What motivates him to be a criminal?

2) How does Carrie Rose see Damian? How is her view of his character different than Damian's view?

3) What is an objective view of Damian Rose's character?

Essay Topic 2

Why is the fictional island of San Dominica chosen as the setting for this novel? Why would the U.S. government and the mafia be interested in this area? What historical events make a small Caribbean island like this a good location for the political plot of the novel? How is the history of this area drawn on for the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the portrayal of women in the novel.

1) Carrie Rose is the main female character. How is she portrayed? How is she different from the men in the book? How does Damian treat her?

2) The only other major female character is Jane. How is Jane similar to, or different from, Carrie? How does Peter treat her?

3) What does the portrayal of these two women say about the author's view of women? Why are there so few female characters in the novel?

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