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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 do both Anne and Letch assume when they learn Blaze’s body was found?

2. How does Blaze escape Oliver?

3. What is the reason Letch gives Westbrook for why OJ used a knife rather than a gun?

4. What is NOT a reason for why Dawn gives Rudolph Blaze’s address and security code?

5. In Chapter 10, from where does Blaze call Anne Zorn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Blaze believe she hears outside her apartment? What makes her realize she is wrong?

2. Why does Blaze call Simon from her hotel room?

3. Why does Simon go looking for Blaze Wednesday night?

4. Why does Ambrose believe the Cup has memories?

5. Why does Ambrose kill Blaze?

6. Why is Ambrose’s attack on Blaze come as a complete surprise to her?

7. How does Miles surprise and irritate Blaze?

8. How does Blaze make Ambrose practically fall in love with her?

9. Why had Anne Zorn ended up in several bad marriages?

10. What is the stupid thing that Fortney does?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Blaze attracts just about every man who sees her. What is so attractive about her? How does she feel about this power over men? How do these assumptions about her power over men lead to her demise?

Essay Topic 2

Derogatory terms are used throughout Floaters. Why does Wambaugh do this? Is it necessary? Why or why not? How does this language affect the reader? Would the characters be as real if the language was more politically correct and less demeaning? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The book is entitled Floaters. Is this the best name for the novel? Why or why not? Why might Wambaugh have chosen this as the title of his novel? If you could give the novel a new title, what would it be and why?

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