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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why have Edie and Snapper chosen a house in a neighborhood that the hurricane hit?
(a) To steal whatever they can find.
(b) To make a fraudulent insurance claim.
(c) To rescue animals.
(d) To seek out victims.

2. What is the setting of the first chapter?
(a) Lousiana.
(b) Georgia.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Florida.

3. Why does Bonnie wake up screaming?
(a) She sees the human skull display.
(b) She is worried for Max.
(c) She has found herself in Augustine's bed.
(d) There is a monkey in the room with her.

4. Why are Jack and Drake stuck on US 1?
(a) Some crazy man has stopped them.
(b) Everyone is evacuating the Keys because of the hurricane.
(c) The car is broken down.
(d) The hurricane has hit the Keys.

5. How does Skink respond when Max asks him if he is ever letting Max go?
(a) Skink will let him go when he understands a lesson.
(b) Skink won't ever let him go.
(c) Skink plans on killing him.
(d) Skink wants to meet Bonnie.

6. What does Snapper walk away with after meeting Mrs. Whitmark?
(a) Dog bites.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A roofing contract.
(d) $7,000 cash.

7. How much money does Tony offer Edie and Snapper?
(a) $1,000 each.
(b) Nothing.
(c) $5,000 each.
(d) $10,000 each.

8. What is Max going to do with the videotapes?
(a) Sell them to the highest bidder.
(b) Sell them to C-Span.
(c) Make a scrapbook.
(d) Make a movie.

9. What does Bonnie think after Max goes into a family's home to take pictures of the devastation?
(a) She questions her choice of a husband.
(b) She thinks Max is brave.
(c) She thinks her mother would be proud.
(d) She thinks Max is adventurous.

10. Where does Augustine take Bonnie for the night after their search for Max fails?
(a) His home.
(b) A shelter.
(c) A motel.
(d) The police station.

11. Towards the end of Chapter 7, Skink gives Max a long shock. What makes him so angry at Max?
(a) Max tries to hit Skink.
(b) Max cries about his lack of clothing.
(c) Max tries to escape.
(d) Max does not know the answers to questions about Florida.

12. What happens on Edie's date with Kennedy?
(a) They have sex.
(b) He does not want her physically.
(c) They have a fight.
(d) They fall in love.

13. Why does Bonnie Lamb call Peter Archibald?
(a) To see if Peter has heard from Max.
(b) To tell Peter that Max is resigning.
(c) To give Peter an update on Max's disappearance.
(d) To give Peter work-related instructions from Max.

14. What happens to the rope on the bridge at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) It has been cut.
(b) It still holds the one-eyed man.
(c) It has fallen into the water.
(d) It has snapped in the storm.

15. What does Tony Torres do for a living?
(a) He is a police officer.
(b) He is an insurance salesman.
(c) He is an insurance claims representative.
(d) He sells manufactured homes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Snapper call Avila?

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

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

4. Why is Edie annoyed with the insurance man when he returns the next night in Chapter 11?

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

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