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

2. What does Skink pull out of his pockets and line up at his feet when the boat approaches?

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

4. Who does Levon Stichler want to kill?

5. How does Bonnie feel about going back to New York with Max?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. What absurd thoughts does Fred have concerning Edie upon his return to Tony's house in Chapter 24?

5. How do Edie and Max wind up together?

6. How does Snapper finally get what he deserves?

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

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

9. How does Bonnie react to Max now that he has been found?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the laws of the land ignored during this time of crisis not only by the criminals but by the authorities as well?

Essay Topic 2

What does Carl Hiassen attempt to teach through his use of black humor? Is the lesson one that we should all listen to or does the black humor make it a farcical moral not worth listening to?

Essay Topic 3

How does the background of the author come into play in his creation of this novel?

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