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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 is the teen that leads the pack that beats up Isaac in Book Two?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Hicks.
(c) Murray.
(d) Otto.
2. How is Isaac's physicality described in the narrative?
(a) Small and wispy.
(b) Short and fat.
(c) Tall and muscular.
(d) Tall and fat.
3. What is Isaac's father's former profession?
(a) He was a steelworker.
(b) He was a coal miner.
(c) He was a butcher.
(d) He was a professor.
4. Why does Isaac return to the murder scene in Book Two?
(a) To get his jacket.
(b) To get his backpack.
(c) To meet Harris.
(d) To meet Poe.
5. What does Poe do to his car when he gets home in Book Two?
(a) He changes the oil.
(b) He drives it off a cliff.
(c) She shoots a gun at it.
(d) He washes it.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Poe's intention in going to the woods in the beginning of Book Two?
2. Where is Poe's cell-mate when he arrives at prison in Book Two?
3. Who has agreed to hire a nurse for Lee's father?
4. Where did Lee attend college?
5. Whom does Isaac kill at the car factory?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where do Isaac and Poe encounter the three drifters in Book One? Who are the drifters and how are they described?
2. What symbolism surrounds the murder that occurs in Book One of American Rust?
3. How is Isaac English described when his character is introduced in Book One? What are Isaac's circumstances in the beginning of the novel?
4. How is Billy Poe's introduction to the Fayette Prison described in Book Two?
5. What takes place in Grace Poe's narrative in Book Two?
6. How would you describe the atmosphere of the setting and characters in Book One?
7. How does the theme of fatalism apply to Grace and Billy Poe in Book One?
8. Describe the character of Bud Harris in the narrative. What is revealed about Harris's inner thoughts in Book Two?
9. What secrets are revealed in Book Two? How do these secrets serve the plot?
10. What importance does the setting of American Rust play in the story?
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