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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 color hair does the Beauty have in the narrative?

2. What mountain range does Allan recall crossing in his youth in Chapter 2?

3. Where was Reverend Ferguson born, raised, and educated?

4. On what date does Chapter 10 begin?

5. Who is the Tsar that Allan's father describes in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about Father Ferguson's death in the narrative?

2. What antagonistic characters are introduced in Chapter 6?

3. How do Allan and his friends attain safe refuge from their assailants in Chapter 15?

4. How are the major conflicts in Chapter 8 resolved?

5. What is ironic about Allan's meeting with world leaders throughout the narrative?

6. What happens to the suitcase in Chapter 2? How would you explain the motivation for this action?

7. What is illustrated through Allan's meeting with General Franco in Chapter 7?

8. How does the narrator describe Bolt's character?

9. What causes Allan's father to leave his family and go to Russia during Allan's childhood?

10. How does the author employ black comedy in describing Bucket's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character called "the Beauty" in the novel. How old is this character? How does Allen come to meet her? What role does she play in Allan's adventure?

Essay Topic 2

What are examples of irony that surround the characters of the Boss and Bosse in the novel? What history do these characters share? How has their relationship changed when they re-meet in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Why was Allen incarcerated after his arrival in the United States? For how long was he held? Where is Allan taken after his release? Why?

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