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

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

3. What happens to the rope on the bridge at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) It has snapped in the storm.
(b) It has been cut.
(c) It still holds the one-eyed man.
(d) It has fallen into the water.

4. How does Augustine come into all of his money?
(a) From his father's drug deals.
(b) A lawsuit from a boating accident.
(c) A lawsuit from a plane accident.
(d) He robbed a bank.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Snapper's part in the roof scam with Avila?

2. What surprising information does Bonnie learn from Pete in Chapter 8?

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

4. Why have Edie and Snapper chosen a house in a neighborhood that the hurricane hit?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the political system ruin Clinton Tyree?

2. In what way is Edie shown as a round character?

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

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

5. Even though the author introduces new characters, he continues to tie in the ones that the reader has already met. How are the characters intertwining in Chapter 3?

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

7. How is Edie a resourceful woman?

8. What surprising news does Bonnie hear from Pete and how does it change the dynamic of her marriage?

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

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

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