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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 upsets Judge Harry in Chapter 28?
2. Who does Mark call from the hospital?
3. Why does Reggie want a change?
4. Who does the FBI decide to watch, hoping to get a clue as to where Mark is?
5. What does Romey's house look like?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss Reggie's phone call to the FBI upon returning to the hotel from Romey's house. How does she convey a sense of urgency to Agent Trumann?
2. Knowing that Reggie and Mark are in New Orleans doesn't make the job of finding them any easier. What is the FBI's plan to catch them and to get Mark to talk once and for all?
3. Explain how Mark escapes from jail and the hospital.
4. What are the terms Reggie outlines to the FBI in exchange for the location of the senator's body?
5. What do Foltrigg and his crew believe happened with Mark?
6. What three questions concern the FBI when they learn of Mark's disappearance from the hospital?
7. How does Reggie's opinion of the witness protection program change once she is implicated as a possible mafia target?
8. Describe Mark and Reggie's farewell.
9. What help does The Blade ask for from his Uncle Johnny? How does Uncle Johnny respond?
10. Describe how Chapter 31 shows Reggie's growing paranoia after learning that she is a mafia target.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is inciting force and which character is the inciting force in this story? How does the character fulfill that role? Give three examples and discuss the importance of each one in detail.
Essay Topic 2
While Foltrigg attempts to manipulate Mark into talking, the mafia attempts to keep him from it. Select a character -- either Mark or Reggie -- and discuss how that character's own manipulation is important to the novel. How does the character manipulate people or circumstances? What are the results of their manipulation? Is there anyone on which the character's manipulation does not work?
Essay Topic 3
What is the significance of Ricky to the story? How might the novel have differed if he had not been introduced as a minor character?
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