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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the route that Raleigh and Mingo are driving, in Part 2, Chapter 16, actually take them?
(a) To New York.
(b) To a dead end road.
(c) To Boston.
(d) To a swamp.

2. Whose house is for sale in Part 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Mingo's.
(b) Raleigh's father's.
(c) Mingo's sister's.
(d) Raleigh's.

3. What physical characteristic best describes Mingo?
(a) Voluptuous.
(b) Obese.
(c) Fit.
(d) Athletic.

4. What is Flonnie's favorite past time while living in the nursing home?
(a) Playing bingo.
(b) Watching game shows.
(c) Listening to ballgames.
(d) Pranking the nurse staff.

5. Who is skinny-dipping in the community pool in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) Vera and Raleigh.
(b) Aura and Mingo.
(c) Raleigh and Aura.
(d) Vera and Mingo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is with Raleigh when the story begins?

2. Who decides during a surprise party to run away to South America to avoid the law?

3. Who fears the police are looking for him in regards to their investigation in Part 1, Chapter 9?

4. Who pulls a gun on someone in a borrowed car in Part 1, Chapter 9?

5. What Marine camp is nearby when Raleigh and Mingo get lost while driving in Part 2, Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Jimmy Clay, and what role does he have in explaining Earley's disappearance after leaving the hospital?

2. What is Raleigh's relationship with Mingo, as the story begins in Chapter 1?

3. Explain Raleigh's message of doom in Chapter 1.

4. During Lovie's party, where does Mingo consider running away to, why, and why doesn't he go?

5. What specific instructions does Raleigh's father give him regarding Gates, and why?

6. Discuss Mingo and Vera's weight.

7. Why does Pierce Jimson leave the property negotiation between him and Raleigh feeling distraught?

8. How do Raleigh and Mingo encounter a van full of hoodlums, and what happens to the money Raleigh's dad gave him?

9. Explain who solves Raleigh and Mingo's car problem after leaving Lovie's party and the payment taken for that solution.

10. What do the people of Thermopylae think Earley has done, and why?

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