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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. What is Max going to do with the videotapes?
2. What does Skink give as the reason that he abducted Max?
3. What happens to Augustine's uncle?
4. Why doesn't Edie's plan concerning the Kennedys' work?
5. When Augustine visits his father in jail, what does his father want Augustine to do for him?
Short Essay Questions
1. The plot thickens as the reader discovers the depth that Edie and Snapper will go to in order to make money. What is their plan and how do they execute it?
2. What kind of a character is Augustine? Please support your answer with evidence from the book.
3. 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?
4. How does the weather create conflict in Chapter 1?
5. 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?
6. What conversation do Bonnie and Augustine share that makes it seem as though the two are becoming close?
7. What does the reader learn of Augustine's background that leads to him being a more dynamic character?
8. In what way is it correct that Jim Tile worries about Skink?
9. In what way have common household items become weapons of violence?
10. Bonnie wonders at the end of the Chapter 11 if Max is different now. How is he different?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What can the reader infer about the way that the author feels about Florida? Is the novel an attempt to bring out the author's feelings? Might it be an attempt to bring to light issues that he wants others to face? Can a novel such as this change the way society looks at issues?
Essay Topic 2
What does Bonnie discover about herself after the hurricane and how does she resolve this issue by the end of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
What are the external conflicts of Edie, Fred, Jim and Bonnie? Are these conflicts resolved?
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