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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. Why does Edie want to find a Kennedy?

2. How does Max and Bonnie originally meet?

3. What does Tony propose to Edie as a new deal?

4. Why are Jack and Drake stuck on US 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In what way is it correct that Jim Tile worries about Skink?

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

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

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

7. Bonnie wonders at the end of the Chapter 11 if Max is different now. How is he different?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Bonnie discover about herself after the hurricane and how does she resolve this issue by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Why doesn't Max attempt to run away from his abductor? What is the Stockholm Syndrome and how does it apply to Max?

Essay Topic 3

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

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