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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 the burglars go together in Chapter Five?

2. What kind of jewelry did conch shells first appear in?

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

4. What is the password for Angie's laptop?

5. What does Spalding call Angie as a nickname?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Pruitt call to harass Angie every night?

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

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

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

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

9. Where does Angie see the Burmese python she killed at Lipid House again in Part II?

10. Why does Uric kill Prince Paladin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do Angie and Clinton Tyree have in common? In what important ways are they different? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Hiaasen characterize the various struggles of undocumented immigrants in America through different characters' experiences throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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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