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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 Bonnie wake up screaming?
2. What does Bonnie think after Max goes into a family's home to take pictures of the devastation?
3. Where does Augustine take Bonnie for the night after their search for Max fails?
4. What does Skink make Max do to support the products he advertises?
5. How does Max and Bonnie originally meet?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Chapter 8 show that what "goes around, comes around" in the case of Gil Peck?
2. How does the way in which Tony treats Edie in Chapter 6 make the ending of the chapter more satisfactory to the reader?
3. In what way have common household items become weapons of violence?
4. How is the relationship between Augustine and Bonnie progressing after Max has been gone for a couple of days?
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. How is the character of Avila brought further to light by showing his bad character traits?
7. Though shown as a kidnapper and torturer, Skink appears to be an ethical man. How so?
8. Bonnie wonders at the end of the Chapter 11 if Max is different now. How is he different?
9. What insight does Augustine have concerning Skink that Max does not?
10. In what way is Edie shown as a round character?
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
Is the epilogue necessary? Does the reader find satisfaction from having the epilogue or would the reader be better off with his own imagination?
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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