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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 is kidnapped by the drug cartel in Part 3, Chapter 29?

2. According to Earley in Part 3, Chapter 32, what is the importance of the library bust?

3. How old is Gates when his mother divorces Raleigh's father?

4. Who is in Raleigh's hotel bed after he gets drunk with a singer?

5. Who gets shot on the mountain in Part 3, Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Gates' excuse for the estate owners whose private driveway he enters important to the men's adventure?

2. Where are the characters of this story and what happens when the lights go out in Charlotte?

3. Who keeps the men from getting arrested at the mountain, and how?

4. Chapter 27 fills in details about Jubal's relationship with Victoria. What are those details?

5. Discuss the difference between Raleigh and Gates.

6. What case of mistaken identity does the drug cartel make on the mountain, and how do they act upon it?

7. As Raleigh tries to gather everyone to leave Charlotte, where is Gates and what is he doing?

8. What one certainty does Raleigh understand about religion and what personal experience helped build that belief?

9. Discuss why Gates rushes into a private driveway of an estate and the excuse that he gives the estate owners.

10. What does Raleigh find when he searches for hidden treasure and what does he decide to do with it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is a genre? Discuss both the genre and sub-genre categories that best describe Handling Sin. Explain your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the main characters of this book. Who was the protagonist, and what separates that character from the other main characters?

Essay Topic 3

Define rising action as an element of plot. Discuss in detail the rising action in Handling Sin. How does the author present it? How does the rising action flow? How does the rising action add to the suspense of the story?

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