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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ray attempt to get from Dr. Symes?
(a) A car.
(b) An airline ticket.
(c) Food.
(d) A loan.

2. What did Dupree convince the people in #158 about?
(a) That he was a surgeon.
(b) That he was a pilot.
(c) That he was a drug dealer.
(d) That he was a wealthy radical.

3. What are local prisoners involved in?
(a) Road construction.
(b) Soup kitchen work.
(c) Sand-bagging operation.
(d) Road clean-up.

4. What procedure has Norma had?
(a) She had a hysterectomy.
(b) She had her appendix removed.
(c) She had a kidney transplant.
(d) She had her gallbladder removed.

5. What happens to Mrs. Symes?
(a) She is paralyzed.
(b) She dies.
(c) She recovers from her stroke.
(d) She moves to Louisiana.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Guy get his money?

2. Who lived on the Dupere Livestock farm?

3. Where does Ray spend the night?

4. What does Dr. Symes now want to do on the island?

5. Where does Ray find Norma?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ray's state of mind that he would put the two boys in jeopardy?

2. What is the irony of Ray's trip to Belize given the current state of his marriage to Norm?

3. What does Ray find at Leet's Motor Ranch that angers him?

4. How is the tropical storm symbolic of Ray's life?

5. What happens on the way to the Dupree farm when Ray plans to make one final attempt to contact Norma?

6. What has been Norma's contact with Guy since he dropped her off at the hospital?

7. What possibility about the situation with Norma has Ray not considered?

8. Why has Norma been in the hospital?

9. Describe the trip back to town for Ray and the boys.

10. What is the reason that Norma had followed Guy during his travels?

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