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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 do Hank and Sarah do with the money in Chapter Twelve?

2. What tool does Hank discover inside a trunk in Chapter Eight?

3. Where does Carl want Hank to take him and the FBI Agent in Chapter Nine?

4. What causes the outlines of the graves across the street from Hank's office to be obliterated in Chapter Nine?

5. Where does the FBI Agent in Chapter Nine say an armored car was robbed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the kidnappers described in Chapter Eight?

2. What do the FBI agents respond after hearing Hank's statement in Chapter Eleven?

3. What are symbolic elements during the murder at Alexander's in Chapter Twelve?

4. What causes Hank distress while giving his statement to the FBI agents in Chapter Eleven?

5. What does Hank do in order to decide whether to go with Carl and Agent Baxter in Chapter Ten?

6. What is Sarah's belief about Jacob in Chapter Seven? What happens to him?

7. What effect does the snow have on Hank in Chapter Nine? Why?

8. What does Hank find in Jacob's apartment in Chapter Eight?

9. How does Hank respond when Sarah asks if he would kill her for the money in Chapter Eight?

10. What newspaper clippings does Hank discover in Chapter Eight?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Jacob's role in setting up Lou in Chapter Six. What internal conflicts does Jacob face in this scenario and why? Whom does he choose in the end?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the element of symbolism in literature. What symbolic elements have been illustrated in A Simple Plan? What does the farm symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the setting of A Simple Plan. Where is Ashenville, Ohio located? What is the climate like at this location? In what year and month does the novel begin?

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