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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 are Jack and Drake stuck on US 1?
(a) The car is broken down.
(b) Everyone is evacuating the Keys because of the hurricane.
(c) Some crazy man has stopped them.
(d) The hurricane has hit the Keys.

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

3. With what does Augustine juggle?
(a) Knives.
(b) Lit torches.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Human skulls.

4. Where does Edie say she is going to go with her seventy grand?
(a) Hyannis Port.
(b) Fiji.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) Washington D.C.

5. Why does Max chase a monkey?
(a) It runs off with his wallet.
(b) He wants to help it.
(c) He wants to kill it.
(d) It runs off with his camera.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Augustine's uncle?

2. What does Tony propose as a new deal for Snapper?

3. Why does Bonnie's mother dislike Max?

4. What does Skink give as the reason that he abducted Max?

5. What does Tony Torres do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the political system ruin Clinton Tyree?

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

4. Though the reader never really meets Avila, much can be said about his character through indirect characterization. What type of character is he?

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

6. Why and how does Bonnie question her choice of a husband?

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

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

9. What kind of a character is Augustine? Please support your answer with evidence from the book.

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

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