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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. Why does Robert go to Jennifer's home?
2. What happens to Rivera in his career after his undercover job?
3. Who is revealed in Chapter 28 as Effrom's kidnapper?
4. What do the bags Gian brings in contain?
5. What did a farmer originally use the caves to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Rachel convince Jennifer to come to the caves, and what does Jennifer do following this event?
2. Where do Rachel, Augustus, and Gian go at the end of the novel, and what do they do?
3. Describe Travis and Jennifer's evening after they arrive at her home at the end of Chapter 22.
4. How does Gian explain lying about what will happen to Catch, and how does Augustus respond?
5. Explain, in detail, why Amanda doesn't tell Effrom she is aware of his smoking and of his watching of women's exercise programs, and what she does to extend his pleasure.
6. Explain what Robert sees when he looks through Jennifer's window. Where has he seen Travis previously?
7. Summarize the history of the Sacred Caves.
8. What does Rivera not report the bullet hole he finds in the Elliott's home?
9. Summarize the story of how Travis called Catch.
10. Why does Robert think he is being arrested, and what, in fact, are the actual charges?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout the story, there is a constant theme that a secret, supernatural world underlies the mundane, everyday world these characters exist in each day. Several events in the novel point to this supernatural world, and some of these events are small in terms of the plot of the novel, but larger when viewed from an overall standpoint. Choose one of these types of events, explain it in detail, and then analyze how such an event indicates such an underlying world.
Essay Topic 2
Power is a theme that runs throughout the novel. Choose one character below, and answer the following questions:. How does this character use power in the novel? What kind of power do they use? Is their use of such power for good or for evil? What are the results of the use of their power?
1. Rachel
2. Gian Hen Gian
3. Catch
Essay Topic 3
Drugs and alcohol abuse play a vital role in the novel as the downfalls of many characters in the novel. Choose to analyze the role either drugs or alcohol play in the novel. Explain, in depth, how the use of this substance leads to the demise of characters, and how, if at all, this substance is used by others in the novel without dire consequences.
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