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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Augustine do after he hears Max on the answering machine?
(a) He calls the police.
(b) He tells Bonnie to forget Max.
(c) He tells Bonnie that Max has made the whole thing up.
(d) He calls the FBI.

2. At the end of Chapter 8, what happens to Gil Peck?
(a) He confesses to murder.
(b) He gets shot by a cop.
(c) He drives into a canal after being chased.
(d) He flips his truck over on the turnpike.

3. Where is Tony sitting when Snapper and Edie arrive back at his house the next day?
(a) In the living room.
(b) In a lounge chair on the front lawn.
(c) On the front porch in a rocking chair.
(d) On the driveway.

4. Why is Edie annoyed with the insurance man when he returns the next night in Chapter 11?
(a) He is acting as though they have a romance going on.
(b) He drinks all of the wine.
(c) He won't get her a hotel room.
(d) He answers the door when someone knocks.

5. Why doesn't Edie's plan concerning the Kennedys' work?
(a) She gets arrested.
(b) They know she is a scam artist.
(c) She never meets a Kennedy.
(d) They leave Palm Beach for the summer.

6. Who helps Bonnie after she gets hit in the head?
(a) The police.
(b) Tony Torres.
(c) Augustine.
(d) The boy with the bike.

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

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

9. What does Bonnie attempt to do after Augustine insults Max?
(a) She throws coffee at him.
(b) She agrees with him.
(c) She attempts to leave.
(d) She tries to smack him.

10. Why does Snapper want to siphon the gas from the car?
(a) To watch TV.
(b) To run the refrigerator.
(c) To turn on the lights.
(d) To keep anyone from using the car.

11. What surprising information does Bonnie learn from Pete in Chapter 8?
(a) Max told Pete he quit his job.
(b) Max told Pete he was on an adventure.
(c) Max talked to Pete without mentioning Bonnie.
(d) Max told Pete there were marital problems--not an abduction.

12. Why is Tony sitting with a shotgun on his lap?
(a) He is protecting himself from looters.
(b) He is protecting himself from his customers.
(c) He is protecting himself from Max and Bonnie.
(d) He is protecting himself from Edie and Snapper.

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

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

15. 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 her mother would be proud.
(c) She thinks Max is adventurous.
(d) She thinks Max is brave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Snapper?

2. What does Gil Peck find attached to the satellite dish?

3. What/Who attacks Max's face?

4. Why does Ira blame himself for his mother's death?

5. What does Skink make Max do to support the products he advertises?

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