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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 food product is on Skink's list that he wants Bonnie to deliver?
(a) Green olives.
(b) Bananas.
(c) Black olives.
(d) Mushrooms.

2. 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 driveway.
(d) On the front porch in a rocking chair.

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

4. How does Augustine make his money?
(a) He sells imported animals.
(b) Through an insurance claim.
(c) He owns a zoo.
(d) He works on a boat.

5. What is the old man in search of at Beatrice Jackson's home?
(a) Ira Jackson.
(b) Beatrice's dogs.
(c) His wife's blue urn.
(d) Beatrice's urn.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many corpses does Bonnie have to look at in the morgue?

2. Why does Snapper want to siphon the gas from the car?

3. Why does Edie call Tony "a regular Nostrodamus"?

4. What does Bonnie attempt to do after Augustine insults Max?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the author being satirical in the characterization of Tony Torres?

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

4. Suspense builds throughout Chapter 2. How does the author build that suspense?

5. How is Max possibly misreading Skink?

6. How is Edie a resourceful woman?

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

8. What does Jim Tile reveal that adds to the dimension of Skink's character?

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

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

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