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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. Where is Noll incarcerated after selling explosives to Taylor?
2. In Chapter 27, when do Jesse, Agnes, and their daughters drive to attend Keith's law school graduation?
3. How quickly after the bomb kills Jesse does Special Agent Jackson Lewis arrive at the courthouse?
4. Where does Gross want Taylor to do a job?
5. How much is it agreed that Hugh will pay Carmen monthly after Lance goes to prison?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Henry Taylor die, and how is his body disposed of?
2. Why does Lance take a plea deal?
3. When and how are Fats and Kilgore arrested?
4. How does Keith get information about Fats being involved in drug smuggling?
5. What are the Rudy children doing in Chapter 29?
6. What conversation do Keith and Hugh have before Hugh is executed?
7. Why is Hugh convicted for the murder of Jesse and what is his sentence?
8. How is Jesse killed?
9. How is Hugh arrested?
10. What is Keith work situation as district attorney in Chapter 44?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Setting is the place where a story happens. Where does The Boys from Biloxi take place? How do characters feel about the place and why?
Essay Topic 2
Jesse runs for DA in 1967. How is Jesse slandered? Why is the campaign an example of dirty politics?
Essay Topic 3
Keith becomes his father’s campaign manager and helps his father in other ways. What does Keith’s assistance reveal about the relationship between father and son?
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