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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 happens to Skink after he hands Max over to Augustine?

2. How does Avila get hurt in Chapter 18?

3. What information is on the piece of paper that Jim gives to Skink?

4. Who does Max wind up giving a ride to when he is returns with Jim from The Keys?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. How has Max decided to reclaim his wife?

7. 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?

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

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

10. How do Edie and Max wind up together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

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?

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