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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 is Harold Hill's plan for Damian after the murders are completed?

2. What does Carrie ask Damian to do?

3. What does Dred bring to the meeting that he's not supposed to?

4. What is the location of the explosion?

5. Where does Peter work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why would Carrie Rose say in her diary that ordinary farmers with machetes caused heart attacks?

2. Why does Peter threaten Brooks Campbell?

3. Does Damian Rose have the opportunity to kill Peter if he wants to?

4. What does Peter ask Jane to do after they are chased by the two mercenaries?

5. Why does Damian leave Carrie in the water with the guns while he makes the deal with Dred?

6. Why do the Roses sell guns to Dred?

7. Why does the U.S. government want to get rid of the Roses?

8. Why does Peter pick up speed when he sees Damian, and what is the apparent consequence?

9. Who is Francis Cichoski?

10. Describe the meeting in Lathrop Wells, Nevada.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider Peter as the protagonist of the novel.

1) Typically, the protagonist drives the action of a novel forward. Peter is the heroic figure in the novel, but does he drive the action, or is he merely manipulated by events (or other characters)?

2) Typically, the protagonist also undergoes a change during a novel. How does Peter change over the course of the novel? What does he learn about himself and the world?

Essay Topic 2

The characters in the novel become embroiled in a violent, ruthless scheme, and all the factions think that they can control what is happening. None of the villains believe that they will get caught or killed. What leads to this feeling of invincibility and self-trust for individuals? What leads to a sense of invincibility for representatives of authority, like the U.S. government? What is the result when a character is ruthless and also believes he or she is invincible, so that both internal and external motivation for obeying law are removed?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the novel's treatment of justice. The action begins in a courtroom, but is justice meted out there? How do different characters (such as Peter, Meral, Carrie, Brooks, and Damian) view and define justice? Is justice possible in the world of the novel? Does Peter's desire for justice turn into a desire for revenge? Is there a difference?

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