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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. How does Avila find Snapper in Chapter 19?
(a) Avila runs into Edie.
(b) Avila knows about Tony's place.
(c) Avila roams the streets looking for Snapper.
(d) Through a prostitute.

2. What saves Jim's life?
(a) A raccoon.
(b) A bullet-proof vest.
(c) A misfire in the gun.
(d) Snapper's bad aim.

3. What does Avila need to do before he heads to The Keys?
(a) Fix his car.
(b) Find Tony's house.
(c) Talk to his wife.
(d) Sacrifice to the Chango.

4. How does Edie open a bank account in Neria's name?
(a) She has Neria's identification.
(b) She gets Fred to open the account.
(c) She causes a commotion with the dogs.
(d) She cries that her identification was lost.

5. Who comes to Augustine's and visits with Max after Max's return from Guadalajara?
(a) Jim Tile.
(b) An FBI agent.
(c) Augustine.
(d) Augustine's ex-girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Neria find out that Tony is dead when she calls the police?

2. Which two men have a brawl in the parking lot of the Paradise Palms?

3. What does Bonnie major in in college?

4. What does Bonnie ask Augustine to do at the end of Chapter 31?

5. How does Snapper and Edie get Levon out of the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Skink, Augustine and Carl Hiaasen view the president's visit to Miami?

2. How might Neria have been a good match for Tony?

3. What emotions do Augustine and Bonnie feel after their night together? Why do they feel the way they do for each emotion?

4. What has happened in New York concerning Max's career that enables the reader to see the strong side of Max?

5. What can one imagine is on the piece of paper that Jim leaves with Skink? What does Jim expect that Skink will do with what is on the paper?

6. How has Max decided to reclaim his wife?

7. How does Avila show himself to be the coward that he is, and how does it lead him to his downfall?

8. Why don't Skink and Augustine storm Tony's house now that they have found it?

9. How is Skink's reign of horror finally ended?

10. Once again, how does Avila seem to be the "saved one" after he goes to Paradise Palms to confront Snapper in Chapter 26?

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