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

2. After talking to Peter in Chapter 6, where does Bonnie ask Augustine to take her?
(a) To the FBI headquarters.
(b) To the morgue.
(c) Back to Orlando.
(d) Back to the rental car.

3. What organization was Snapper's parents involved in when he was young?
(a) The Black Panthers
(b) The Peace Corps.
(c) Greenpeace.
(d) The Ku Klux Klan.

4. Why is Max at the bottom of the list of missing persons?
(a) Wayward tourists are not a priority.
(b) He is not a victim of the hurricane.
(c) He is not known to be hurt.
(d) Videotapers are not a priority.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Skink smoke?

2. What happens to Bonnie's purse?

3. Who is the man who shows up at Tony's with the two dachshunds?

4. What strange items are people using as weapons as Jim discovered?

5. How does Ira Jackson get Avila's address from the clerk?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Edie and Snapper's plan surprise the reader now that it is revealed in their conversation with Tony in Chapter 4?

2. How is Edie a resourceful woman?

3. How is Max possibly misreading Skink?

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

5. In what way have common household items become weapons of violence?

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

7. Though shown as a kidnapper and torturer, Skink appears to be an ethical man. How so?

8. How does Snapper become the criminal that he is?

9. What misconceptions is Max beginning to believe about Skink in Chapter 6?

10. How does the way in which Tony treats Edie in Chapter 6 make the ending of the chapter more satisfactory to the reader?

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