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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 injury did Pete have treated in Chapter 27?

2. When was Pete taken to Foster General Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi?

3. Where did Joel meet Mary Ann Malouf?

4. When did Liza and the family learn that Pete was missing in action and presumed dead?

5. How much money did Pete give to Florry in a small metal safe?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Clay get quinine for Pete?

2. Why does Joel rent the garage under his apartment in Oxford?

3. Why did the Japanese hate the American prisoners so badly?

4. What does the jury decide in the case in Chapter 39?

5. In Chapter 36, how is Liza being treated at Whitfield?

6. Why are Jackie's parents not invited to her wedding to Errol?

7. In Chapter 41, why does Myra not like Errol McLeish?

8. What happens when Liza's body is found?

9. In Chapter 40, what information does Nineva give Joel about Liza and Dexter Bell?

10. In Chapter 43, why does Joel tell Wilbanks that he probably will not take the associate's position he is offering him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The point of view that an author uses in a novel determines how readers view events and characters. What is the point of view of The Reckoning? How does that point of view affect how readers view events and characters?

Essay Topic 2

Pete is sentenced to be executed in the electric chair. Why are people so eager to sentence Pete to death? How and why do people have second thoughts about that decision?

Essay Topic 3

Foreshadowing is a literary device uses to hint at future events in a novel. How does the author uses foreshadowing in the novel? Does the use of foreshadowing increase suspense?

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