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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Edie still afraid to cross Snapper when they are in the truck riding out of Miami?
(a) He will kill Dennis, the insurance man.
(b) He will kill the dogs.
(c) He still has three bullets.
(d) He still has the crowbar.

2. When Augustine visits his father in jail, what does his father want Augustine to do for him?
(a) Take a message to Augustine's mother.
(b) Finish a drug deal for him.
(c) Find him a good lawyer.
(d) Help him escape.

3. What does Skink finally do with the scorpion?
(a) Places it in the 18th hole cup on the mayor's favorite golf course.
(b) He makes Max eat it.
(c) He sets it free in the woods.
(d) He eats it.

4. What does Skink give as the reason that he abducted Max?
(a) Max was physically small.
(b) Skink had no particular reason for choosing Max.
(c) Skink saw Max abuse the little boy with the bike.
(d) Max made a "splendid target" as a tourist with a video camera.

5. Why do Neria and the professor take Celeste along with them to Florida?
(a) Celeste has family in Florida.
(b) Celeste owns a car; they do not.
(c) Celeste helps Neria with her fear of flying.
(d) Celeste has money; they do not.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Max asks Skink in Chapter 6 what will happen to him next, what does Skink respond?

2. What does the man with the dachshunds tell Edie to do?

3. How does Keith Higstrom die?

4. What surprise does Fred have for Edie concerning their insurance claim?

5. Why does Max run from Clyde's hospital room?

(see the answer key)

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