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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 Jacob tell Hank he intends to buy in Chapter Four?

2. What does Hank purchase in order to carry out his plans for Lou in Chapter Five?

3. Hank reminds Jacob that he's responsible for whose actions in Chapter Four?

4. Whom does Sarah say she ran into at the supermarket in Chapter Four?

5. Whom does Hank call from Lou's house in Chapter Six?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who do Hank, Lou and Jacob encounter when they return to the truck in Chapter One?

2. What conversation do Jacob and Hank have about their parents in Chapter Five?

3. What game do Jacob, Hank, and Sarah play in Chapter Five? What happens afterward?

4. What do Hank and Jacob decide to do about their situation in the end of Chapter Six? Who suggests a different plan?

5. What plan does Sarah develop for Lou in Chapter Five? Why?

6. What decision does Hank come to about Penderson in Chapter Three? Why?

7. Where do Lou, Hank, and Jacob go in Chapter Six? What does Lou reveal about his debts?

8. What do Hank, Lou, and Jacob question about the money from the plane after finding it in Chapter One?

9. How do Hank and Jacob effectively set Lou up in Chapter Six?

10. Why does Hank call Jacob in the morning of Chapter Three?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the author Scott Bechtel Smith. For what major works is Smith most known? What screenplays has the author adapted and/or written?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the evolution of Hank and Sarah's relationship in Chapter Seven. How do Hank and Sarah differ over the issue of Jacob?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the character of Carl Jenkins in the narrative. What threat does Carl pose to Lou, Hank, and Jacob?

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