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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 Lee think he can exploit to hurt Hank?

2. Lee arranges to accompany Viv to __________.

3. What is Draeger handed?

4. What is the name of the dog?

5. From what is Draeger suffering?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lee get Viv alone?

2. What do the customers talk about at the Snag?

3. Describe the prologue that opens Chapter 4.

4. How do Hank and Viv meet?

5. Describe the prologue that opens the first chapter.

6. Why does Henry's relationship with Bobby break down?

7. What characters does the opening of chapter 5 examine?

8. Describe the scene at the shack between Henry, Lee and Viv.

9. Describe the prologue that opens Chapter 5.

10. Why does the real estate man soap his house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1)With the students, discuss what metaphors are. How do writers use them? Can the writers overuse them? Give examples of good and bad metaphors.

2) What other metaphors are there in the book? Do the metaphors center on anything specific?

Essay Topic 2

Identify moments in the book that are dictated by the strike.

1) How far-reaching is the strike is on the local community? Does it affect areas outside the community as well?

2) Choose a character in the novel and find out how the strike affects and restricts that character's decisions.

Essay Topic 3

Examine how the past defines the present. Is there a way to escape our past or is it always there? Do we need to just accept our past? Are there any characters in the novel that get over their past and move on?

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