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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 Dr. Zollner have for lunch in Chapter 12?
2. What is the name of the computer crime specialist that John meets in Chapter 5?
3. Who found the Gordons' bodies?
4. Why did John decide to become a detective?
5. What security clearance did the Gordons have on Plum Island?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the Gordons' book collection that John finds in their home.
2. Describe John's appearance as he sits on the porch at the opening of the novel.
3. What problem does John Corey see with doing nothing and boredom?
4. When Elizabeth tries to ask John about what he knows about the case in Chapter 5, what does he ask her about instead?
5. Why does John decide to meet Detective Penrose to talk with the man from the Department of Agriculture?
6. How does Dr. Chen explain her job to John?
7. Why were Tom and Judy Gordon sometimes mistaken for celebrities?
8. Describe the Gordons' house.
9. Who is Kenneth Gibbs and what does he look like?
10. Why does Max want to bring John on as a consultant in the Gordon case?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Throughout Plum Island, there are several journeys made both on sea and by land by different characters. Discuss at least two specific journeys and how they could be viewed as extended metaphors for character development of the characters who undertake these journeys.
Essay Topic 3
Throughout Plum Island, DeMille uses imagery as a metaphor for the plot and character development. Give three specific examples of these metaphors and how they relate specific actions in the plot and/or character development. Discuss why or why not they are effective as literary tools augmenting the general action.
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