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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. Whom did Vernon Bokovsky kidnap and murder?

2. How much time does Hank have before the liquor store closes in Chapter Eleven?

3. What does Carl ask Hank if he'd sell him in Chapter Eight?

4. What girl is described as having been kidnapped in the newspaper articles in Chapter Eight?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What excuse does Hank give Carl for not accompanying him in Chapter Ten? How does he feel about it?

2. Whose funerals does Hank attend in Chapter Eight? What stories emerge?

3. What does Hank attempt to justify to Sarah in Chapter Seven?

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

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

6. Who found Carl's body? Where? Who tells Hank?

7. What does Hank discover from the FBI about the missing money in Chapter Eleven?

8. Whom is Hank asked to identify in Chapter Eleven?

9. Where does Chapter Seven begin? Who is present in the opening of the chapter?

10. Why does Agent Baxter tell Hank he is investigating in the area in Chapter Nine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Identify and discuss the narrative voice of the novel and Hank Mitchell as the protagonist. What character traits does Hank embody in Chapter One?

Essay Topic 3

Describe examples of foreshadowing from the text. How does Hank's discovery of the machete and farming manual represent foreshadowing?

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