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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 6, what does Skink allow Max to do that he has not allowed before?
(a) Go home.
(b) Ask three questions.
(c) Eat.
(d) Take off the shock collar.

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

3. How does Edie get her dress?
(a) She sews it.
(b) She borrows it.
(c) She steals it.
(d) She buys it.

4. What surprising fact does the reader learn about Skink from Jim?
(a) He used to be a mercenary.
(b) He used to own an alligator business.
(c) He used to be the governor.
(d) He used to be a professional wrestler.

5. How does Snapper feel when he sees that Tony is gone and the damage the cinder block did?
(a) He is mad at himself for ruining the money scheme.
(b) He feels that he is a poor bodyguard.
(c) He is glad to be rid of Tony.
(d) He is worried that Tony might be dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Augustine visits his father in jail, what does his father want Augustine to do for him?

2. After the storm, why don't Edie and Sapper go to the original house they had found that morning?

3. Why is Augustine's father in jail?

4. Why are Jack and Drake stuck on US 1?

5. Why is the one-eyed man angry with Jack and Webo?

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