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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. After the storm, why don't Edie and Sapper go to the original house they had found that morning?
2. After the morgue, in what state does Bonnie find her car rental?
3. What is Snapper's part in the roof scam with Avila?
4. What happens to the rope on the bridge at the end of Chapter 2?
5. Why does Edie want to find a Kennedy?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How does Jim Tile come to bring the news to Bonnie that Skink has abducted Max?
3. What surprising news does Bonnie hear from Pete and how does it change the dynamic of her marriage?
4. Though Ira Jackson has every right to be angry over the death of his mother, he is no saint himself and perhaps should not be judging Tony so harshly. What indicators has the author given the reader to show that Jackson is not an upstanding character?
5. In what way is it correct that Jim Tile worries about Skink?
6. How is the relationship between Augustine and Bonnie progressing after Max has been gone for a couple of days?
7. In what way is Edie shown as a round character?
8. How does Snapper become the criminal that he is?
9. What conversation do Bonnie and Augustine share that makes it seem as though the two are becoming close?
10. How is the character of Avila brought further to light by showing his bad character traits?
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
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
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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