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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. How does Keith Higstrom die?
(a) A bull impales him.
(b) A tree falls on him.
(c) Boating accident.
(d) The hurricane kills him.

2. What does Skink pull out of his pockets and line up at his feet when the boat approaches?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Flashlights.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Toads.

3. What is the first thing Skink asks Snapper once he is in the Jeep?
(a) Where is Snapper taking them?
(b) How many people has Snapper killed?
(c) How long does Snapper want to live?
(d) What did Snapper do with Brenda's mother's ring?

4. What does Avila admit to Ira about his inspections at the trailer park?
(a) That the straps were not made to withstand Florida sunshine.
(b) That he knew the augers were rotten but said nothing.
(c) That he went but never looked at anything.
(d) That he never went to the park.

5. Why does Max doubt that Bonnie is cheating on him?
(a) Because of her religion.
(b) She is afraid of sexual disease.
(c) She hates lunatics and outlaws.
(d) She wouldn't want another man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What saves Jim's life?

2. What does Augustine encourage Bonnie to do when they are out in the open fields?

3. What does Max want to see happen to Skink?

4. How does Ira respond to Avila when Avila pleads for his life at the end of Chapter 15?

5. Where does Augustine wind up at the end of Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Skink, Augustine and Carl Hiaasen view the president's visit to Miami?

2. How does Bonnie react to Max now that he has been found?

3. What emotions do Augustine and Bonnie feel after their night together? Why do they feel the way they do for each emotion?

4. Why does Bonnie continue to stay in Florida with Augustine and Skink?

5. How is Dennis Reedy naive?

6. How is Skink's reign of horror finally ended?

7. How might Neria have been a good match for Tony?

8. What has happened in New York concerning Max's career that enables the reader to see the strong side of Max?

9. How does Avila show himself to be the coward that he is, and how does it lead him to his downfall?

10. How has Max decided to reclaim his wife?

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