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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 are the people who are killed at the airport doing?

2. What kind of car does Damian drive in Paris?

3. What does Carrie ask Damian to do?

4. What two factions are represented at the farmhouse?

5. Who do Lieutenant Singer and his wife see when they go to the beach?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Meral's initial conclusion about the murders at Turtle Bay?

2. Why would Carrie Rose say in her diary that ordinary farmers with machetes caused heart attacks?

3. Describe the relationship between Harold Hill and Brooks Campbell.

4. Why does Damian leave Carrie in the water with the guns while he makes the deal with Dred?

5. Describe the people who are on trial for murder.

6. What impression does Meral Johnson try to make?

7. What is Bernard Siegal doing when he is approached by Carrie Rose?

8. Why does the United States government use a cover organization?

9. How many murders was Campbell originally anticipating, and why does he think there will be more?

10. What are Monkey Dred's demands in the letter delivered to the Evening Star?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the portrayal of women in the novel.

1) Carrie Rose is the main female character. How is she portrayed? How is she different from the men in the book? How does Damian treat her?

2) The only other major female character is Jane. How is Jane similar to, or different from, Carrie? How does Peter treat her?

3) What does the portrayal of these two women say about the author's view of women? Why are there so few female characters in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss glorification of violence in the novel. Does the novel glorify violence? Are the scenes of the killings unnecessary or exploitative? How does the novel acknowledge the glorification of violence through its portrayal of the press and publishing? Does Dred glorify violence, and what is the result?

Essay Topic 3

Consider Peter as the protagonist of the novel.

1) Typically, the protagonist drives the action of a novel forward. Peter is the heroic figure in the novel, but does he drive the action, or is he merely manipulated by events (or other characters)?

2) Typically, the protagonist also undergoes a change during a novel. How does Peter change over the course of the novel? What does he learn about himself and the world?

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