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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 Jerry Crosby find on the railroad tracks that corroborates Diego's story?

2. What does Diego pick up from the railroad tracks?

3. What color are many conch pearls?

4. What kind of vehicle does Angie drive?

5. Why does Angie go to Germaine Bracco's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mr. Teabull desperately need Angie to do a job for him in Part I?

2. Why does Agent Ahmet Youssef use a different name on the job at the Secret Service?

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

4. What kind of ball did Kiki Pew Fitzsimmons disappear at?

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

6. What happened to Angie's only marriage, to Dustin?

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

8. What do the Secret Service agents seem to think about Mastodon in general?

9. What was the general attitude among partygoers when they realized Kiki Pew Fitzsimmons was missing?

10. Why does Mastodon immediately start calling for Diego's blood as a murder suspect?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What aspects of human nature do the criminals Prince Paladin and Uric Burns symbolize? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What are Clinton Tyree's goals in releasing the huge pythons among the stomping grounds of the rich and powerful in south Florida, and does he achieve them in your opinion? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What does the relentless crowd of demonstrators outside the detention facility where Diego Beltran is being held symbolize? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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