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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 is the name of the waitress Abel starts dating in Chapter 18?

2. Where is Florentyna buried?

3. Who is Abel's "tutor" regarding intimate relations?

4. What happens when William's boss is sent to manage the London bank branch?

5. Who wants to be equal to the "Williams of the world?"

Short Essay Questions

1. When does William kick Henry out of the Kane house?

2. How does Anne meet her second husband?

3. How does Abel use his first job at a hotel to build wealth?

4. Why does Abel have sex with Melanie Leroy shortly after inheriting her father's hotel chain?

5. Explain young William's luggage scheme.

6. Discuss Davis Leroy's financial difficulties and how they end.

7. What is ironic about the first time Melanie Leroy sleeps with Abel after he inherits her father's hotel chain?

8. Why is Anne growing more anxious in Chapter 10?

9. Discuss the board vote when considering William and Simmons for the chairman position at the bank.

10. How does William meet Kate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the primary theme of Kane and Abel? How does the author present this theme? How does the theme develop throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

A main character has both good and bad qualities, giving the character dimension. Discuss Abel's bad qualities. Who is to blame for those qualities? Are the "bad" qualities really bad? Support your answers.

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