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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 Jessica tell Myron?

2. Where is the beach located where Myron is relaxing at the beginning of the book?

3. What does Sophie tell Myron about Clu and Myron's trip?

4. About how long has Myron been at the beach?

5. What does Win tell Myron?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hester ask Myron and why do you think she asked him?

2. What does Billy Lee's mother tell Myron? Do you think it was right for her to blame Myron for not helping Billy Lee?

3. Why do you think Cyndi and Esperanza believe Myron abandoned them?

4. How had things been going for Clu when Myron left on vacation and how did that change?

5. Describe the kind of club has Big Cyndi connected with Clu? Do you think that a wife would be justified to throw out a husband if he went to that type of club?

6. How did Myron react to the news of Clu's withdrawal? Do you think it was moral or ethical for Win to give Clu the money?

7. What is the author saying about sexuality in the scenario of the Take a Guess Club? Do you think Myron is too conservative or old fashioned for judging those people?

8. What happens when Myron returns to Win's apartment from the club? Do you think Win was wrong for laughing at Myron?

9. Why does Myron insist that Hester is not the best lawyer for Esperanza?

10. At the beginning of the book, where is Myron Bolitar, who is he with, and how long has he been there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the themes in this novel is about justice. Discuss the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of justice throughout the novel. Give specific examples.

2. Sophie thinks she is gaining justice by her machinations to revenge Lucy's death. Is her plan just? Why or why not.

3. By the end of the novel, has justice been meted out to the guilty parties? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Esperanza seems disturbed that Myron is bending laws and rules and justifying wrong actions. Discuss the following:

1. In what ways has Myron been bending laws and rules and justifying wrong actions?

2. Do you think there is ever justification for taking the law into your own hands and killing someone whether they did something really bad or not?

3. Who seems more ethical to you--Esperanza or Myron? Explain with examples.

Essay Topic 3

When Myron and Sophie last talk, we learn that Myron had bribed two police officers to forget the car accident. One of the police officers in turn blackmails Clu Haid. Discuss the following:

1. Discuss how small illegal and/or immoral actions lead to serious consequences in the novel.

2. Do you think after reading this book that "crime doesn't pay"? Or does it?

3. Do you believe this book reflects "real" life in that sometimes a small action such as a white life or small theft can lead to greater consequences? Discuss with examples.

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