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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. How is the cafeteria at the prison segregated?

2. How does Isaac escape the cop when he is chased in Book Three?

3. What is Poe conflicted about in Book Four?

4. What does Poe learn happened to his cell-mate while he is in solitary?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What leads up to the cafeteria fight between Poe and another inmate in Book Three?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Bud Harris discuss with his friends Riley, Chester, and Frank at the Dead End bar in Book Four?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the character of Poe in American Rust. How is Poe's background described? Where is Poe living when his character is introduced? How does Poe's character evolve in the story? Where is Poe in the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Henry English's circumstances in the novel. How did Henry become injured? What are the extent of his injuries? What leads Henry to kill himself at the end of the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the major conflicts in American Rust. What is the central conflict of the novel? What are the internal conflicts faced by the main characters? What conflicts arise between the protagonists?

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