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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 the store clerk grab for protection in Chapter Twelve?

2. How much money does Hank take for the gun in Chapter Eight?

3. How old was the girl who had been kidnapped in the newspaper articles in Chapter Eight?

4. Where is Baxter's body found in Chapter Eleven?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hank say he'll have to do if he goes to the plane in Chapter Nine? What is Sarah's response?

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

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

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

5. What mode of action does Hank begin to question in Chapter Nine at night?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Describe Sarah's plan for Lou in Chapter Five. Why does Sarah believe Lou will remain a problem even after the money is dispersed?

Essay Topic 3

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

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