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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 is Blake's reply when Sally suggests they leave town in Chapter 6?

2. Who does Blake see at the gym in Chapter 8?

3. How did Blake's wife die?

4. What does the new owner of Hoppers want to change the name to in Chapter 6?

5. Lee tells Blake that the Munton brothers want his help in robbing who in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation does Blake's boss have with him in Chapter 6?

2. How does Blake discover who Sally's visitor was in Chapter 3? What does Sally do?

3. How does the robbery begin in Chapter 10?

4. How does Blake describe the history of the Munton family in Chapter 7?

5. What does Blake ask Sally when he sees her in Chapter 3? What is her reaction?

6. What is described in the news article which opens the book? To whose point of view does the narrative switch after the article?

7. What possibilities does Blake consider for the body's disappearance in Chapter 9?

8. How is the Meat Wagon described in Chapter 1? Who does Blake encounter from the Meat Wagon?

9. Why does Blake go early to the Paul Pry in Chapter 5?

10. How did Blake's wife end up at the site of the fire at Hoppers, as described in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the use of flashback in the narrative and the events described in the fire at Hoppers. How did Blake's actions put Beth at the scene of the fire?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the moral world in which the characters in "Deadfolk" exist. How do the moral values of the characters differ from our world today? What commentary is the author placing on society?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze elements of foreshadowing in the novel. Where in the first chapters has the author indicated later events?

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