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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 happens when the Lieutenant and his wife reach shore?

2. What is Meral afraid police officers will do with their hats?

3. Where does Lieutenant Singer swim toward?

4. Where is Leon Ratchet's murderer when he is killed?

5. What is Basil's true identity?

Short Essay Questions

1. What impression does Meral Johnson try to make?

2. What does Peter ask Jane to do after they are chased by the two mercenaries?

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

4. Why does Damian wear disguises?

5. Who is Francis Cichoski?

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

7. Describe Peter MacDonald

8. Why does Peter threaten Brooks Campbell?

9. What upsets Brooks Campbell about Peter's story?

10. Does Damian Rose have the opportunity to kill Peter if he wants to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the necessity for violence in the novel. At the end of the novel, Hill thinks that it "never ends." Is violence in the novel an unending cycle that is impossible to escape? The novel indicates that Damian comes from a violent household. Does violence beget violence, in the world just as in individual families? When is violence right or wrong in the novel? Is it necessary to kill Damian Rose at the end of the book? Is it necessary or just to hang the three murderers at the beginning of the book? Is it necessary for Peter to kill Harold Hill?

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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