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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 is Harold Hill secretly planning for Peter?

2. Who does Clive Lawson impersonate?

3. What color does Damian dye his hair on May 10?

4. How does Jane injure one of her attackers?

5. Why didn't Damian kill Peter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What deal does Peter make with the priest at the funeral?

2. Does Duane Nicholson know he's being followed when he leaves the Forenza residence?

3. Does the mafia get what it wants out of the deal with the Roses?

4. Describe the scene outside the church where Jane Cooke's funeral is held.

5. What list does Harold Hill make when he comes to Coastown?

6. What do state troopers find at Harold Hill's house?

7. What does Harold Hill think after he kills Damian Rose?

8. Why do Peter MacDonald and Meral Johnson go to Paris?

9. Describe Jane when Peter goes to the hospital to see her.

10. Why does Peter think he won't have to search for the Englishman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss power in the novel. The Mafia, the U.S. government, the Roses, and Colonel Dred all want power, and all try to manipulate others for their own means. How do these factions try to gain power, and why? Who ultimately controls the power in the novel? How do the characters maintain power?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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