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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 important information does Peter get?

2. What did Damian's brother swallow?

3. Who arrives to interrogate witnesses?

4. Who does Carrie Rose get to hire Loner to deliver a letter?

5. What is Basil's true identity?

Short Essay Questions

1. What impression does Meral Johnson try to make?

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

3. What is Carrie Rose's response to Dred bringing an extra car to the deal?

4. Why do the Roses sell guns to Dred?

5. Describe the meeting in Lathrop Wells, Nevada.

6. How is the murder on the beach similar to the murder of Francis Cichoski, and what is the significance of the similarity?

7. How does Carrie Rose portray her affair with Phillip Loyd Becker?

8. Why does Damian wear disguises?

9. What is the judge's attitude toward the people he is sentencing?

10. Why does Peter threaten Brooks Campbell?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Damian Rose and Carrie Rose. Damian and Carrie are both killers involved in the same plan. What are their motivations, and how are they different as well as similar? Is one of them more sympathetic than the other? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Damian Rose's character.

1) How does Damian Rose see himself? What motivates him to be a criminal?

2) How does Carrie Rose see Damian? How is her view of his character different than Damian's view?

3) What is an objective view of Damian Rose's character?

Essay Topic 3

Why is the fictional island of San Dominica chosen as the setting for this novel? Why would the U.S. government and the mafia be interested in this area? What historical events make a small Caribbean island like this a good location for the political plot of the novel? How is the history of this area drawn on for the plot?

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