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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 to Edie and Fred in Chapter 14 after he returns to Tony's?

2. What does Jim tell Brenda that he has done when she wakes up in Chapter 21?

3. What does Snapper want to do with Levon now that the insurance men are gone?

4. Who comes to Augustine's and visits with Max after Max's return from Guadalajara?

5. What does Avila admit to Ira about his inspections at the trailer park?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Skink get in the car with Snapper and take Bonnie along with him?

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

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

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

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

6. Why don't Skink and Augustine storm Tony's house now that they have found it?

7. What does Max learn about the legal system in Miami?

8. How does Snapper finally get what he deserves?

9. 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?

10. Skink is an astute man. What has he figured out about Bonnie's feelings that she may not quite know yet or perhaps not acknowledge yet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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