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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 does Poe make from cloth his first day in prison in Book Three?
(a) A scarf.
(b) Shoes.
(c) A belt.
(d) A head-wrap.

2. What is Lee's father's name?
(a) Simon.
(b) Murray.
(c) Hicks.
(d) Henry.

3. What causes the fight between Poe and his cell-mate in Book Four?
(a) Poe stealing his pillow.
(b) Poe chewing gum.
(c) Poe praying in the cell.
(d) Poe splashing water on his face.

4. What does Poe's cell-mate masturbate to in the cell with Poe in Book Four?
(a) A female guard exposing herself.
(b) A magazine picture.
(c) A fellow inmate exposing himself.
(d) A male guard exposing himself.

5. Who is the wife of a wealthy local businessman that meets Grace at the bar in Book Four?
(a) Letitia.
(b) Anna.
(c) Heather.
(d) Aria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Isaac lose when he flees the cops in Book Three?

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

3. Who is the justice of the peace that calls Harris in Book Three?

4. What store does Isaac go to shop at in Book Four?

5. What does Isaac use to pay for his and Baron's food at the diner in Book Three?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is the theme of decay illustrated in Book Three of American Rust?

4. What is illustrated through the theft of Isaac's money in Book Three?

5. What inner conflicts does Grace Poe face in the beginning of Book Three?

6. What leads up to the conflict between Poe and his cell-mate in Book Four? What is the outcome of the conflict?

7. How has Poe's character evolved in Book Three? How does the author illustrate the changes in Poe's character?

8. What internal conflicts does Henry English face in Book Four?

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

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

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