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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 does his mother also tell him?

2. How does Raymond respond when Marco calls him?

3. What does Raymond's column report?

4. What happens during the first day of ceremonies?

5. As the presidential candidate reaches the point in his speech that will cue the gunshots, the FBI agents realize what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Raymond do to Jocie's father?

2. To where is the reader taken?

3. What does the FBI learn about Shaw's trigger?

4. What has happened to Marco?

5. How does the book end?

6. How does Senator Jordan upset Shaw's mother?

7. What takes place when Marco and the G-men meet Raymond in Hungarian Charlie's?

8. What has taken place between Raymond and Jocie's father?

9. What does Marco have Rosie do?

10. Of what does Raymond's column consist?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ben Marco is Raymond's good friend.

Part 1) Why might Marco be friends with him?

Part 2) What does Marco realize about Raymond? Does he try to help Raymond? Why or why not?

Part 3) Do you believe that Marco was acting as Raymond's friend at the end of the story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Foreshadowing is used frequently in this book.

Part 1) Give two examples. What do these examples foreshadow?

Part 2) What is the purpose of foreshadowing?

Part 3) How does the foreshadowing in this book enhance the story for the reader?

Essay Topic 3

One of the central themes is the idea of man as machine

Part 1) How is man a machine in this story?

Part 2) What are the author's thoughts about this theme, based on this novel?

Part 3) How does this theme relate to real life and life today? Use the text to support your response.

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