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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 do Angie and Spalding go together in Chapter Ten?

2. What drug was the wealthy person who disappears in Chapter One taking, according to authorities?

3. What significant information about the investigation surrounding Kiki Pew does Crosby give Mrs. Riptoad in Chapter Eight?

4. Whose car did Uric and Prince Paladin steal?

5. What is the charity event in Chapter One that a wealthy member of the community goes missing during?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Angie visit Germaine Bracco in Part II?

2. What is Mr. Teabull not telling Angie when Angie sees the snake he wants her to get rid of?

3. Why do the two thieves, Uric and The Prince, steal the python from Angie's storage unit?

4. What does Angela Armstrong threaten to do when a man says he cannot immediately pay her for her removal of a raccoon?

5. How does Fay Alex Riptoad treat Police Chief Jerry Crosby?

6. Why does Mrs. Riptoad identify Kiki's body instead of her sons?

7. Who is the first person to understand what really happened to Kiki?

8. Who discovers evidence that could free Diego and what is that evidence?

9. How did Burmese pythons get a foothold in Florida?

10. How do Kiki's sons react to the idea of giving a reward for information leading to the location of Kiki's body?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Tyree's surprise revelation at the very end of the novel - that the first huge Burmese python that appeared and ate Kiki Pew Fitzsimmons was not one that he had intentionally released there - reveal about wildlife, the natural environment, and, ultimately, Angie's own perceptions of his tactics? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Ryskamp ultimately decides to take a chance and stay together in a romantic relationship with Angie Armstrong at the end of the novel, despite his earlier reservations about their relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How do several female characters - for instance, Fay Alex Riptoad, Angie Armstrong, and Mockingbird - pressure other female characters at different points in the novel, in both subtle and overt ways, to ruthlessly achieve their own goals? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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