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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 Jim tell Brenda that he has done when she wakes up in Chapter 21?

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

3. Why doesn't Jim take Edie to jail?

4. How does Keith Higstrom die?

5. Why is Edie still afraid to cross Snapper when they are in the truck riding out of Miami?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Snapper finally get what he deserves?

2. How has Max decided to reclaim his wife?

3. Why does Bonnie continue to stay in Florida with Augustine and Skink?

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

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

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

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

8. What emotions do Augustine and Bonnie feel after their night together? Why do they feel the way they do for each emotion?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How does Carl Hiaasen show the darker side of individuals after a natural disaster and why does he do that?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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