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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 Florentyna's fake first name?

2. Who does Abel refuse to see in Chapter 41?

3. What does William's son major in at college?

4. In Chapter 22, what does the president of the United States do to uplift the spirit of Americans?

5. Who has Abel investigated after the airline crash?

Short Essay Questions

1. What secret is Matthew keeping from his father and why?

2. When does William realize he has known Abel for a very long time? What made him realize it?

3. Why does Florentyna reject her father's offer to manage all the hotel gift shops in his chain?

4. Explain how Abel "dumped" his airline stock. What resulted?

5. Why does Abel put Henry Osborne in charge of the Kane account?

6. Why does Abel contribute to John Kennedy's presidential campaign?

7. What was Abel's plea and what her his charges in the bribery and corruption case against him?

8. Why does Abel ask his banker to buy stock in William's newly merged bank?

9. Why does Richard get so angry when he sees his girlfriend charging items on credit?

10. How does Henry Osborne die and what statement does his death make?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Define the term flashback as it applies to literature. How are flashbacks used in Kane and Abel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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