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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. When John mentions that he is thinking of resigning in Chapter 13, how does Beth respond?
2. Where does John claim to hang out when he is in the city?
3. What is the name of the fingerprinting specialist working the Gordon crime scene?
4. How did their peers consider the Gordons?
5. What does John order for lunch instead of meat during his visit to Plum Island in Chapter 12?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does John suspect that Dr. Chen has been coached in her responses?
2. Describe the appearance of Dr. Zollner.
3. What is Dr. Zollner's theory concerning the Gordons' deaths in Chapter 11?
4. What quality of Max's does John admire after he hears him on the seven o'clock news in Chapter 7?
5. What reasons does John come up with, when contemplating Gordon continuing the case in Chapter 6?
6. Describe the appearance of Ted Nash when John is introduced to him in Chapter 4.
7. Why were Tom and Judy Gordon sometimes mistaken for celebrities?
8. Describe the Gordons' book collection that John finds in their home.
9. Describe John's appearance as he sits on the porch at the opening of the novel.
10. What did the Gordons tell Margaret Wiley they planned to do with the land they purchased from her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The theme of the pursuit of power is central to the novel, Plum Island. Many important characters are pursuing power through wealth, position, and through knowledge. Discuss how DeMille's view on the pursuit of power is relevant to human nature and seen in society today.
Essay Topic 2
One recurrent theme in Plum Island is that of authority, those who blindly follow it, and others who defy it. Using specific textual examples, compare and contrast at least two approaches or attitudes toward authority as demonstrated by specific characters.
Essay Topic 3
In Plum Island, in many ways regarding their personality and method of doing things, Beth serves as the character foil to John Coery. Use specific examples from the book to illustrate how their characterizations are in antithesis to each other and how these characterizations are strengthened when shown in contrast with each other.
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