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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who among the drifters that appear at the car factory is described as a seven-foot-tall Swede?
(a) Hans.
(b) Otto.
(c) Murray.
(d) Clay.

2. Whom does Poe tell Lee is responsible for the murder in Book Two?
(a) Isaac.
(b) Grace.
(c) Simon.
(d) Himself.

3. What evidence does Harris find and hide at the crime scene in Book One?
(a) Poe's watch.
(b) Isaac's shoe.
(c) Poe's jacket.
(d) Isaac's backpack.

4. How many of his full-time officers is Harris facing laying off due to budget shortages in Book Two?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

5. Why does Isaac return to the murder scene in Book Two?
(a) To meet Poe.
(b) To meet Harris.
(c) To get his backpack.
(d) To get his jacket.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Harris catch Virgil stealing previously?

2. How does Isaac escape when he and Poe are initially confronted by the vagrants in the car factory?

3. Who has agreed to hire a nurse for Lee's father?

4. What is Poe's intention in going to the woods in the beginning of Book Two?

5. How is Isaac's physicality described in the narrative?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Isaac plan to travel in Book One? Why?

2. How does the theme of fatalism apply to Henry and Lee English in the novel?

3. What political struggles and conflicts plague Bud Harris in Book Two?

4. Describe the character of Bud Harris in the narrative. What is revealed about Harris's inner thoughts in Book Two?

5. What importance does the setting of American Rust play in the story?

6. What happens when Billy Poe is officially arrested for murder in Book Two?

7. What takes place in Grace Poe's narrative in Book Two?

8. How is Billy Poe's introduction to the Fayette Prison described in Book Two?

9. What is revealed through the encounter between Harris and Poe while Poe is in a holding cell in Book Two?

10. Describe the murder in Book One. What leads up to the murder?

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