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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. When was Deadfolk published?

2. Where does Blake see the doofer in the ending of Chapter 20?

3. What does the big man with the strange accent do to Fenton in Chapter 18?

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

5. How many corpses are in the Meat Wagon in the end of Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What saves Blake in the end of the novel? What is his mindset in the end of the story?

3. Why does Blake tell the Muntons that Legs took the doofer in Chapter 20?

4. What is Blake's reply when Mandy asks him to leave town with her in Chapter 16?

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

6. What does Blake discover happening in the garage 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 describe killing his father in Chapter 11?

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

10. What actions does Blake take in Chapter 12? What does his disguise reflect about his character?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the characters of Nathan and Mandy Munton in the narrative. What power does each of these characters have over Blake?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the characters of Blake, Finney and Leggsy in "Deadfolk". How trustworthy is Blake as a narrator and what opinions does he express of his friends?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of Blake's father in the story and in Blake's character history. How did the death of Blake's father lead to his career in thuggery?

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