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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rachel move the hostages outside the caves?
(a) She is afraid of closed spaces.
(b) She is too warm.
(c) She hates the smell.
(d) She is afraid of bats.

2. Who calls while Travis and the others are in Jennifer's house?
(a) Mavis.
(b) Robert.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Howard.

3. What does Gian do to Effrom?
(a) Kills him.
(b) Turns his body to stone.
(c) Makes him a god.
(d) Gives him life.

4. What do Rachel and Augustus open in Nevada?
(a) A magic shop.
(b) A bed and breakfast.
(c) A brothel.
(d) A hotel.

5. What does Catch cough up at the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) A woman's finger.
(b) A baseball.
(c) A soccer ball.
(d) A red high heeled shoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Spider ask Rivera to check on in Pine Cove?

2. Who interrupts Howard's translation?

3. With whom does Travis spend a night with as a young man on a train?

4. What does Rivera take with him from The Breeze's trailer, at Robert's insistence?

5. What does Amanda find in Effrom's workshop?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Robert think he is being arrested, and what, in fact, are the actual charges?

2. Explain why Augustus lets Travis go.

3. Summarize the story of how Travis called Catch.

4. What does Rivera not report the bullet hole he finds in the Elliott's home?

5. What does Rachel tell Travis when he calls him at Jennifer's?

6. What does Augustus bring into his house, with the help of Gian? What does he explain they are?

7. Where do Rachel, Augustus, and Gian go at the end of the novel, and what do they do?

8. Explain what Robert sees when he looks through Jennifer's window. Where has he seen Travis previously?

9. Explain the plan Howard, Robert, Travis, Augustus, and Gian plan in the Head of the Slug in Chapter 32.

10. Describe Travis and Jennifer's evening after they arrive at her home at the end of Chapter 22.

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