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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. Who does Blake discover in the front seat of the Meat Wagon in Chapter 20?

2. What does Fenton offer Blake if he will help him in Chapter 13?

3. In Chapter 11, Blake dashes to the door, narrowly escaping a blast of buckshot from whose gun?

4. Who does Blake hit with a wrench in the beginning of Chapter 18?

5. Finney arrives in Chapter 13 and confesses what to Blake?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Blake arrives at Sally's flat in Chapter 11?

2. What does Blake don as a disguise in Chapter 18? What is Rachel's reaction when she sees him?

3. How does Blake react to the news shared by Finney in Chapter 14?

4. How are the characters reflected through a moral lens in Chapter 15?

5. What does Blake tell the mechanic when he encounters him in Chapter 18?

6. What does Blake do with Finney in Chapter 17?

7. What stops Blake from killing Finney in Chapter 15? How is greed a driving force in Blake's actions?

8. How does Blake reflect his foolishness in the ending of Chapter 14?

9. What does the newspaper article describe in Chapter 17? How does Blake react to the story?

10. How do Blake and Finney's actions in Chapter 14 reflect their immaturity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the conflicts established for the protagonist in Chapters 1-4. Why does Blake hope to attack Baz?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the character of Blake as an antihero. How does an antihero differ from a typical protagonist? How do Blake's actions define his character?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the characters of Baz, Lee, Jess, and Tommy Munton. How does Blake describe the history of the Muntons in Mangel?

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