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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 information does Elvis get from Pike about the Chevy Nova?

2. Where did Mort and Ellen meet?

3. What does Ellen's youngest daughter show Elvis?

4. What is Ellen's older daughter's name?

5. How many minutes late is Ellen to pick up her kids?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Ellen is late in getting her daughters from school?

2. What does Elvis do daily before he makes breakfast?

3. Describe Janet.

4. Why is Ellen comforted by domesticity?

5. Who is Dom?

6. Describe the break-in at Elvis's own home.

7. Why does Ellen feel uncomfortable going through her husband's records?

8. How does Elvis demonstrate being superior to the Hispanic watchmen?

9. Why does Elvis get a flashlight in Chapter 5?

10. Why does Ellen not want to talk to the police after her home's break-in?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and analyze how Elvis's lust towards the punk girl in the gelato shop is clean in comparison to Rice's child pornography.

Essay Topic 2

Explain and discuss why it is essential for Ellen's character to have qualities that are submissive and subservient considering the overall conflict of "The Monkey's Raincoat."

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and explain the importance of the motif of Crais's negative connotation towards each non-white character in the book "The Monkey's Raincoat."

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