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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. Where does Keith Landry get a visitor from?

2. What do Keith Landry and Annie do when they see each other?

3. Who is Schenley?

4. Where does Annie tell her sister they would be passing through on the way to Florida?

5. What does Cliff Baxter feel when he hears that Keith Landry interfered with his men at the meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cliff Baxter react when he hears about the meeting?

2. What happens at the Porters' house?

3. What does Gail Porter tell Keith has happened since the meeting she organized?

4. What warning do Keith and Annie get from Annie's brother-in-law, and how do Keith and Annie respond to it?

5. How do Keith and Annie end up in a motel in Toledo?

6. What happens when Cliff Baxter finds Keith and Annie?

7. Describe Keith Landry's interaction with Gail Porter before Charlie Adair shows up.

8. Describe the fight between Annie and Cliff Baxter in Chapter 19.

9. What happens after the scene in the motel?

10. What does Keith Landry find when he arrives in Spencerville?

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 will Keith Landry be a different partner for Annie than Cliff Baxter was? What kind of lover will he be? What value does Annie still have in Keith Landry's eyes, after her mistreatment at Cliff Baxter's hands?

Essay Topic 3

While Annie and Keith Landry dispose of Cliff Baxter in the end, they seem to have the entire community's support. Is their accomplishment ultimately an individual accomplishment, or did the entire community effectively bring about Cliff Baxter's downfall?

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