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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 Skink do with the money before he leaves Snapper for good?

2. How does Snapper and Edie get Levon out of the house?

3. What does Augustine find out about the vehicle that the stolen plate was on?

4. What does Skink bring out of the bush for Bonnie and Augustine to eat?

5. Why do Neria and the professor take Celeste along with them to Florida?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How has Max decided to reclaim his wife?

3. 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?

4. How is Dennis Reedy naive?

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

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

7. How does Avila's sacrificing backfire?

8. How do Edie and Max wind up together?

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

What can the reader infer about the way that the author feels about Florida? Is the novel an attempt to bring out the author's feelings? Might it be an attempt to bring to light issues that he wants others to face? Can a novel such as this change the way society looks at issues?

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