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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. How does Sarah feel about the FBI Agent's being killed in Chapter Eleven?

2. How much does Carl offer Hank for a gun in Chapter Eight?

3. How much ransom money had the kidnappers demanded from the girl's father in Chapter Eight?

4. To what does Hank sell Jacob's truck in Chapter Eight?

5. What is the name of the store where Sarah spent one of the bills in Chapter Eleven?

Short Essay Questions

1. What worries Hank about meeting with the "real" FBI agents in Chapter Eleven?

2. To whom does Hank sell Jacob's truck and other belongings in Chapter Eight?

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

4. What is Hank's reaction to seeing the bag of money in Chapter Eleven?

5. How does Hank attempt to trick Agent Baxter in Chapter Ten? What happens?

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

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

8. What does Hank ask to borrow from Carl in the beginning of Chapter Ten? Why?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the character of Sarah and her relationship with Hank in the novel. What weight does Hank give Sarah's opinion on his actions?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Dwight Penderson in the narrative and his role in the plot of the novel. Why did Penderson approach Jacob?

Essay Topic 3

Define and discuss the element of theme in literature. How is the theme of trust established in Chapter One?

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