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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 Sandy's film agreement in California involve?

2. With whom does Arvin develop a close friendship?

3. Who is pictured as thin and pale in an unbecoming bonnet?

4. With what does Teagardin struggle?

5. Where is Pastor Teagardin meeting his parishioners?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Theodore and Roy move and how is Theodore?

2. Who do Carl and Sandy pick up after Roy and what does each person in the car think as they are riding?

3. What does Joe tell Sandy when he visits her at the bar one day and what is her reaction?

4. Why does Arvin beat up three local boys?

5. Where does Carl start hanging out and what is his reaction one night to a conversation between two Republicans?

6. What does Carl want to do and what is Sandy's response?

7. What does Arvin ask Earskell about during Arvin's birthday celebration and why does Arvin request asking the question?

8. How does Lenora accidentally commit suicide?

9. What is Sandy's actions after Arvin kills Carl?

10. Who do Sandy and Carl pick up next and what happens?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Maze belongs to the young adult novel genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to Gothic genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a Gothic novel and a fantasy?

Essay Topic 2

1. What is foreshadow? How many incidences of foreshadow are in "The Devil All the Time"? How does foreshadow contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadow in "The Devil All the Time" including why you believe it is foreshadow. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from "The Devil All the Time" and your own live to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 3

Bodecker himself has gone up in the world, at least in terms of public status. The reference to his taking bribes, on the other hand, reveals how low he has sunk in terms of personal moral status. The reference to bribes also foreshadows events later in the narrative in which his hard-won status becomes increasingly endangered by his corrupt activities and attitudes. Meanwhile, it's interesting to note how his, Sandy's and Carl's varied states of corruption are juxtaposed one to the other to the other, parallel situations that lead to parallel justice - death at the hands of the avenging Arvin.

1. Do you think Bodecker was always corrupt? Why or why not? Do you think public office corrupts many individuals? Why or why not? Use examples from your life and the text to support your answer.

2. Discuss what is meant by the following: Bodecker's, Sandy's and Carl's varied states of corruption are juxtaposed one to the other to the other. Use examples from your life and the text to support your answer.

3. Do you think Bodecker deserved to die as much as some of the other corrupt characters? Why or why not? Use examples from your life and the text to support your answer.

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