3. What does Skink do every time Max asks him if Skink is going to shoot him?
(a) Skink kicks him.
(b) Skink raises the gun to Max's head.
(c) Skink shocks him with the collar.
(d) Skink throws water on him.

4. What does Augustine do to the drunk construction worker?
(a) Augustine hits his car.
(b) Augustine shoots him.
(c) Augustine punches him.
(d) Augustine shoots him with a tranquilizer dart.

5. Where does Max want to visit on the second day of their trip to Orlando?
(a) Epcot.
(b) Tampa.
(c) The Keys.
(d) Universal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Snapper call Avila?

2. What does the man with the two dachshunds throw at Tony?

3. What does Snapper do to the female police officer who pulled him over?

4. Where does Edie say she is going to go with her seventy grand?

5. What is Clinton Tyree's nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. What insight does Augustine have concerning Skink that Max does not?

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

3. The plot thickens as the reader discovers the depth that Edie and Snapper will go to in order to make money. What is their plan and how do they execute it?

4. How is Max possibly misreading Skink?

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

6. How does the political system ruin Clinton Tyree?

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

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

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

10. How do Bonnie's responses to Augustine show that she has feelings for her husband and an understanding of who he is?

(see the answer keys)

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