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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 Bonnie ask Augustine to do at the end of Chapter 31?
2. What does Avila take away with him after he releases himself from the tree?
3. How does Bonnie feel about going back to New York with Max?
4. How does Avila find Snapper in Chapter 19?
5. Who follows Neria to Miami?
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. 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?
3. What emotions do Augustine and Bonnie feel after their night together? Why do they feel the way they do for each emotion?
4. What absurd thoughts does Fred have concerning Edie upon his return to Tony's house in Chapter 24?
5. How does Avila show himself to be the coward that he is, and how does it lead him to his downfall?
6. How might Neria have been a good match for Tony?
7. Once again, how does Avila seem to be the "saved one" after he goes to Paradise Palms to confront Snapper in Chapter 26?
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. What does Max learn about the legal system in Miami?
10. How is Dennis Reedy naive?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What has happened in Florida before the hurricane that sets up for disaster once the hurricane comes? Who has control over what gets built and where? How can future disasters like the ones mankind caused be avoided?
Essay Topic 2
How does Augustine's childhood affect who he is and the decisions he makes as an adult? How does Snapper's childhood affect who he is and the decisions he makes as an adult? What about other characters in the novel? Were backgrounds of others introduced to the reader ?
Essay Topic 3
How does Carl Hiaasen show the darker side of individuals after a natural disaster and why does he do that?
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