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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Max want to visit on the second day of their trip to Orlando?

2. Why is Max at the bottom of the list of missing persons?

3. Why is Gil Peck in Florida?

4. Who is Snapper?

5. What organization was Snapper's parents involved in when he was young?

Short Essay Questions

1. What misconceptions is Max beginning to believe about Skink in Chapter 6?

2. How does the structure of Chapter 1 differ from a standard novel?

3. In what way have common household items become weapons of violence?

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

5. How is the character of Avila brought further to light by showing his bad character traits?

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

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

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

9. How does Jim Tile come to bring the news to Bonnie that Skink has abducted Max?

10. How does Edie and Snapper's plan surprise the reader now that it is revealed in their conversation with Tony in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the laws of the land ignored during this time of crisis not only by the criminals but by the authorities as well?

Essay Topic 2

Is there a hero in the novel? An anti-hero? If there is a hero who is it and why? If not, how does the lack of a hero affect the novel? Does there need to be a hero in this novel? If there is an anti-hero -- who is it and why?

Essay Topic 3

What does Carl Hiassen attempt to teach through his use of black humor? Is the lesson one that we should all listen to or does the black humor make it a farcical moral not worth listening to?

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