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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. How is the one-eyed man torturing Max?

2. Why does Bonnie Lamb call Peter Archibald?

3. How does Jim know that Skink has Max?

4. In Chapter 9, what becomes of the dachshunds?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the political system ruin Clinton Tyree?

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

3. How is Max possibly misreading Skink?

4. How is Edie a resourceful woman?

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

6. How does Chapter 8 show that what "goes around, comes around" in the case of Gil Peck?

7. Though Ira Jackson has every right to want justice for his mother's death, his sense of justice is twisted. Why is Ira's idea of justice wrong and how is his execution of it immoral?

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

9. Suspense builds throughout Chapter 2. How does the author build that suspense?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the title of the book to the plot that has nothing to do with the actual hurricane?

Essay Topic 2

How is Avila's need to hold sacrificial ceremonies black humor? Note specific places in the novel that show this humor. What is the author trying to tell the reader through these rituals?

Essay Topic 3

How does Carl Hiaasen show the darker side of individuals after a natural disaster and why does he do that?

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