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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. In Chapter Thirteen, what bothers Diego at the detention center?

2. What does the mysterious hermit in the swamp in Chapter 19 eat?

3. Who wanted to bring a Chinese spy to the Commander's Ball in Chapter Nineteen?

4. What rumor about Mockingbird does Fay Alex Riptoad tell the rest of the Potussies in Chapter Twenty-three?

5. Who is Mastodon supposed to sing a duet with at the Commander's Ball?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Uric Burns feel after killing Prince Paladin?

2. What does Skink do to Angie when she comes to visit him that terribly upsets her?

3. Why does The Knob become unable to test the tanning bed for Mastodon?

4. Where is Kiki buried and what is her funeral service like?

5. Who is trying the hardest to get Diego Beltran freed and why is this person acting this way?

6. What plan does Mocking bird hatch so that Agent Josephson can stay on her detail?

7. What happens to Joel when he comes on one of Angie's work calls in Part III with her?

8. Why is Agent Ryskamp angry when Agent Rose tells him something problematic about Agent Josephson?

9. Who does Angie begin dating in Part III and how does she feel about this development?

10. What does Mastodon eat every single night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Angie sometimes use the element of surprise based on the incongruity of her appearance paired with what she does for a living to her advantage in different situations? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Mastodon decide to exploit the public's - and his own supporters' - deep fears of and biases towards undocumented immigrants and other foreigners throughout this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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