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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. What character is heading home at the end of the section?

2. Who had Hudson's file for more than six hours?

3. Who does Anton believe created Green Band?

4. Where does Carroll wake up?

5. What does Carroll decide to raid?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sammantha tell Carroll about David Hudson in this section?

2. What does Anton think about the committee of twelve?

3. Describe the chase between Carroll and Green Band.

4. What happens to Hudson at the end of the novel?

5. How do Carroll and his family try to escape?

6. What truth does Carrol learn in this section?

7. What does Carroll decide to do about his developing relationship with Caitlin?

8. How do the men capture Harry Stemkowsky?

9. What new information does Samantha find out about the committee of twelve?

10. What does Vice President Elliott consider as he walks by himself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine violence in the novel.

1) How do the characters in the novel view violence? Are there are character that would think twice before shooting or hitting someone?

2) Do the characters need to be violent to cope in the world that Patterson portrays?

3) In what way is violence an important of the book and the meaning it attempts to convey?

Essay Topic 2

Look at the structure of the novel:

1) How does Patterson use character and dialogue to drive the narrative.

2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

3) Away from the main character examine the way Fleming uses the other characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

Patterson writes Black Friday in the third person. Why do you think Patterson chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would of changed if Patterson wrote it in the first person? Why is writing in the third person typical of this kind of novel?

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