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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. Who is Harvey Epstein spying on?

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

3. What color masks are the people who enter Harold Hill's house wearing?

4. What happens to the models?

5. What do Peter MacDonald and Meral Johnson do after the machete killings are over?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Peter's plan for leaving the island?

4. What role do the male models Carrie hires play in the Roses' escape plan?

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

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

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

8. How is Jane killed?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss trust in the novel. Who among the characters is trustworthy? What reasons do the characters have for trusting or distrusting each other? How do characters enter into agreements (such as the arms deal or the machete plot) without trustworthiness? Why does Damian trust Carrie? What is the result of trust in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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