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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 Pat spend a few days wondering about?

2. Who offers Pat a job?

3. What does Myrtle tell Pat he is becoming involved in?

4. Where do Pat and Doc eat lunch in Chapter 7?

5. What does Myrtle question Pat about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pat notice about downtown Capitol City?

2. Is the parole officer good at his job? Use evidence from the story to support your opinion.

3. What does Pat think about while visiting the diner the second time?

4. What does Lila do to make Pat uncomfortable?

5. Why did Doc steal money from the college?

6. Why is Pat somewhat disappointed by his job?

7. How is Doc about to continue working in Capitol City after his shady past is revealed?

8. How does Pat get his job at the Highway Commission?

9. After Doc picks Pat up from prison, they stop at a roadhouse diner. What bombshell does Doc drop on Pat at the diner?

10. What documents is Doc looking at in Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the setting and tone of the story contribute to the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss politics in "Recoil." Is it portrayed in a positive or negative light? How does it affect our protagonist?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the power and influence Doc has over Lila. Explore how the relationship mutated from a doctor-patient relationship to what it is in the novel and how it devolves at the end of the novel.

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