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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 is Burke dying of?

2. Who agrees to take Darryl in their home?

3. Who does Socrates decide has posted himself as leader?

4. How does Socrates try to kill Peters?

5. What is Socrates found guilty of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bruce tell Socrates he would do if he knew a man that had murdered two people?

2. What does Socrates do with the reward money?

3. Why does Socrates stay at home during the riots?

4. Why does the ocean remind Socrates of his aunt?

5. How does Darryl react when Socrates takes him to live with the MacDaniels?

6. What does Socrates have to do in return for no jail time?

7. Summarize the novel.

8. How does Socrates help Roland when he is dying?

9. How does Socrates' boss react when he arrives back at work?

10. What does Right tell Socrates at the bus stop?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What major events had a profound effect on Socrates' life and how did they change him? What does Socrates still have to learn by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Socrates' past affected one of the following areas in his life:

1) Work

2) Social life

3) Intimate relationships

4) Family

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Mosley's life. In what way are his life and personality is reflected in the book? Where could he have learned about the world of espionage? In what ways is he like or unlike Socrates?

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