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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. In which store does Florentyna get her first job?
2. Who faces charges of conspiracy to defraud?
3. In which department do Florentyna and her partner begin working?
4. Why does William hurry home from the grand opening?
5. Who does not attend the grand opening of New York Florentyna's with the family?
Short Essay Questions
1. When William grows concerned about Abel buying stock in the bank, he phones him. What does William mean when he tells Abel he has a personal matter to discuss that involves only the two of them? Why does William say that?
2. Discuss Abel's military career. What did he want out of it and what did he get out of it?
3. What is Hodgkin's Disease and who in this book is diagnosed with it?
4. Explain how Abel "dumped" his airline stock. What resulted?
5. Why does Abel contribute to John Kennedy's presidential campaign?
6. How does Abel feel about the revenge he has had against William? How does it affect his family-life?
7. Why does Abel ask his banker to buy stock in William's newly merged bank?
8. When was a press conference scheduled to announce a bank merger between Lester and Kane and Cabot, and why was it canceled?
9. Why does Abel ask Melanie Leroy to leave her stockings and garters on when they have sex after Abel returns from war?
10. Why do William and Abel both attend the grand opening of Florentyna's alone, without their families?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss William and Abel as main characters of Kane and Abel. What is the definition of main character and how do these men fit it?
Essay Topic 2
Define exposition and discuss the exposition of this novel. What does the reader learn from the exposition in Kane and Abel? Is the information consistent throughout the book or does it change? Explain your answer and reasoning.
Essay Topic 3
There are four points of view in which literature is written: first person, third person objective, third person limited, and omniscient. Which point of view does the author use in this book? Is this the most effective point of view for this story? Why or why not?
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