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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 did Keith Landry do in his job?

2. Who does Keith Landry visit in Chapter 14?

3. What was Keith Landry's profession?

4. What does Keith Landry find in his mailbox in Chapter 8?

5. What does Keith Landry find when he returns home from the parsonage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Keith Landry gives Billy Marlon a ride home?

2. Describe the meeting between Annie and Keith Landry.

3. How does Annie Baxter conclude that her husband is having an affair?

4. What is Keith Landry invited to do at the dinner he has at the Porter household?

5. What was Keith Landry's career before taking forced retirement?

6. Describe the reunion between Jeffrey Porter and Keith Landry.

7. Descartes the meeting Gail Porter put together.

8. Describe the conflict that is being brewed as Keith Landry spends more time in Spencerville--and how it seems likely to be settled.

9. Describe Annie's departure from Keith Landry's house.

10. Describe Keith Landry's experience at the Landry family Labor Day gathering.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Having just finished his work in the Cold War, Keith Landry returns home to find a new opposition with the brutal police chief. How much does this opposition prolong the Cold War Keith Landry had been part of fighting? Compare and contrast Cliff Baxter and the Soviet Union. Is Cliff Baxter a symbol of repressive regimes?

Essay Topic 2

How realistic is this book? What parts are not believable? What leaps of faith does the author require of the reader?

Essay Topic 3

How do you account for Cliff Baxter's brutal temperament? Is it a fact of nature, an aberration in human psychology, a product of circumstances, or is there some other cause for it? How does the author account for it?

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