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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 does Snapper do with Brenda's mother's ring?

2. How does Snapper and Edie get Levon out of the house?

3. What is the first thing Skink asks Snapper once he is in the Jeep?

4. Where does Augustine wind up at the end of Chapter 24?

5. Why couldn't Jim catch the Jeep of Snapper's that he was following?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has happened in New York concerning Max's career that enables the reader to see the strong side of Max?

2. How is Skink's reign of horror finally ended?

3. How does Avila come to believe even more deeply in the Chango?

4. Once again, how does Avila seem to be the "saved one" after he goes to Paradise Palms to confront Snapper in Chapter 26?

5. How does Avila show himself to be the coward that he is, and how does it lead him to his downfall?

6. How does tension build in the ride in the Jeep on the way to The Keys?

7. How might Neria have been a good match for Tony?

8. What can one imagine is on the piece of paper that Jim leaves with Skink? What does Jim expect that Skink will do with what is on the paper?

9. How is Dennis Reedy naive?

10. How do Skink, Augustine and Carl Hiaasen view the president's visit to Miami?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the novel satirical? Using specific instances, point out the satire and explain what the author is using it for.

Essay Topic 2

How is Max typical of a city dweller business executive? How is he not? How does his attitude affect the decisions that he makes? How do his decisions affect the lives of others?

Essay Topic 3

What are the external conflicts of Edie, Fred, Jim and Bonnie? Are these conflicts resolved?

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