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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. Aside from people, what else does Evening Star like to take care of?

2. What does Chappie use in place of a passport?

3. What do people come to get from the communal house?

4. Where is Chappie's father living now?

5. What does Chappie do with his gun?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Chappie do at the bridge in the rain, and why?

2. What does Chappie feel obligated to do after I-Man's death?

3. What does Evening Star try to teach Chappie?

4. What is the Communal House?

5. What does Chappie beg of his mother when they meet when Chappie comes back to Au Sable?

6. What happens when a woman tries to take I-Man's Jah stick away?

7. What does Chappie choose to do with the last of the money he stole from Buster?

8. What makes Chappie think that I-Man is magical?

9. Where does Chappie first see his father in Jamaica, and how does he know it is him?

10. Why does I-Man say he wants to return to Jamaica?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

This plot takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Russell Banks have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

What kinds of addictions were highlighted in this book, and how did the inclusion of these elements affect the tone of the book?

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