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

2. How does Bonnie view the kidnapper?
(a) As a psychopath.
(b) As a man who will demand ransom.
(c) As a killer.
(d) As someone she must figure out.

3. What is Snapper's part in the roof scam with Avila?
(a) To lay the tar.
(b) To watch for government officials.
(c) To hand up the tiles to the other men.
(d) To get the contract.

4. What happens to Bonnie's purse?
(a) The monkey runs off with it.
(b) Augustine locks it in his truck.
(c) It is stolen from the trunk of the car.
(d) Looters rip it from her hands.

5. What does Skink make Max do to support the products he advertises?
(a) He makes him eat a carton of eggs.
(b) He makes Max eat tons of cereal.
(c) He makes Max smoke many cigarettes.
(d) He makes Max drink lots of beer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tony propose to Edie as a new deal?

2. What is Max's tone in Chapter 7 when he calls and leaves a message for the second time?

3. What is the boy doing when Max videotapes him?

4. What do the kids want who drive up behind Snapper and follow him for a bit?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Though Ira Jackson has every right to want justice for his mother's death, his sense of justice is twisted. Why is Ira's idea of justice wrong and how is his execution of it immoral?

2. How does the structure of Chapter 1 differ from a standard novel?

3. Though Ira Jackson has every right to be angry over the death of his mother, he is no saint himself and perhaps should not be judging Tony so harshly. What indicators has the author given the reader to show that Jackson is not an upstanding character?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Jim Tile come to bring the news to Bonnie that Skink has abducted Max?

10. How is Max possibly misreading Skink?

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