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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 does the Prime Minister announce after the killings are over?

2. Where does the CIA move Peter to on May 10?

3. What does Meral do with Damian's boat?

4. What does Damian put in the boat's cockpit?

5. What alias does Carrie Rose use in Washington?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Meral feel toward Peter?

2. Describe how Carrie sees herself when she looks into her mirror before leaving the island.

3. How is Jane killed?

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

5. What does Carrie tell Clive Lawson that his job is?

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

7. What is Betsy Porte-Smith's role in Carrie's scheme?

8. Why does Carol tell the invaders that her husband will be home soon?

9. Why does Carrie Rose think she can get away with publishing an account of the murders?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss race in the novel.

1) How does the history of racial relationships lead to the current situation in San Dominica? How independent is San Dominica, and how is it still dependent on the United States? How does this relate to racial tension?

2) Why are the major players in the novel white Americans?

3) How does the novel portray racial identity and conflict?

Essay Topic 2

The characters in the novel become embroiled in a violent, ruthless scheme, and all the factions think that they can control what is happening. None of the villains believe that they will get caught or killed. What leads to this feeling of invincibility and self-trust for individuals? What leads to a sense of invincibility for representatives of authority, like the U.S. government? What is the result when a character is ruthless and also believes he or she is invincible, so that both internal and external motivation for obeying law are removed?

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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