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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the man with the two dachshunds throw at Tony?
(a) A dachshund.
(b) A Remington.
(c) A cinder block.
(d) A piece of a trailer.

3. What does Snapper do to the female police officer who pulled him over?
(a) He tries to seduce her.
(b) He speeds away from her.
(c) He knocks her out.
(d) He shoots her.

4. After the morgue, in what state does Bonnie find her car rental?
(a) The radio had been stolen.
(b) In the same state that they had left it.
(c) It was on its rims with the hood open.
(d) Gone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the old man in search of at Beatrice Jackson's home?

2. What does Skink do every time Max asks him if Skink is going to shoot him?

3. Why does Edie want to find a Kennedy?

4. What is Edie's second plan?

5. Why has the one-eyed man kidnapped Max?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Skink become even more frightening as a character in Chapter 9?

2. Why does Ira Jackson feel so badly about himself?

3. How do the characters introduced in Chapter 1 differ from each other?

4. How is the character of Avila brought further to light by showing his bad character traits?

5. How is Max possibly misreading Skink?

6. How does Chapter 8 show that what "goes around, comes around" in the case of Gil Peck?

7. How does the political system ruin Clinton Tyree?

8. What conversation do Bonnie and Augustine share that makes it seem as though the two are becoming close?

9. What does the reader learn of Augustine's background that leads to him being a more dynamic character?

10. How is the relationship between Augustine and Bonnie progressing after Max has been gone for a couple of days?

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