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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. What is the bar that Grace goes to in Book Four to forget her troubles?
(a) Rego's.
(b) The Chimes.
(c) The White Horse.
(d) The Dead End.

2. What food items does Isaac steal in Book Four?
(a) Bread and cheese.
(b) Oreos.
(c) Energy bars.
(d) Macaroni and cheese.

3. Who does Lee plan to ask for money to help locate Isaac in Book Three?
(a) Hicks.
(b) Simon.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Henry.

4. Who is the justice of the peace that calls Harris in Book Three?
(a) Don Cunko.
(b) Jacob Murray.
(c) Glen Patacki.
(d) John Harris.

5. What does the prisoner demand from Poe's tray in Book Three?
(a) A hamburger.
(b) A sausage.
(c) His bacon.
(d) A slice of pizza.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Poe do when his lawyer arrives to see him in Book Four?

2. Where did Harris's friends at the bar work previously in Book Four?

3. How do the prison guards feel about Poe's cell-mate?

4. What does Poe do when the other prisoner demands food from his tray in Book Three?

5. What does the black prisoner call Poe when he approaches him in the cafeteria in Book Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the theme of sacrifice explored in Book Four of American Rust?

2. What ultimatum does Billy Poe face with the white prison gang in Book Three? What is demonstrated through this ultimatum?

3. What does Poe decide to do at the end of Book Three? Why?

4. What is foreshadowed by the conversation between Grace and Harris in Book Four?

5. What foreshadowing is revealed through Poe's inner monologues in Book Four?

6. What is the resulting outcome of Poe's fight in the cafeteria in Book Three?

7. What do Isaac and Baron do upon arriving in the outskirts of Detroit in Book Three?

8. What internal conflict does Poe face while in solitary confinement in Book Four?

9. What is significant about Isaac's use of the phrase "Badge of Honor" in Book Four?

10. What does Isaac do at the Wal-Mart store in Book Four?

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