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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. Who does not go in the store after the shooting?

2. Where does Collie tell the twins to go?

3. What movie does Seth watch over and over again?

4. What catches Hannibal's attention?

5. What does Tak make Audrey drink?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is strange about the way the Carver children react to their father's death?

2. According to Allen Symes, what happens at the Deep Earth Mining Corporation?

3. What does the yellow van do to Mary's car?

4. What does Peter do against the advice of others?

5. What is bothersome about the way the MotoKops are portrayed in this section of the cartoon's script?

6. What is MotoKops 2200?

7. What strange situation does Audrey tell Janice about in her letter?

8. What was considered the first real problem of Steve's adult life?

9. What is happening on Poplar Street just before the shootings?

10. Describe the other vans introduced in Chapter 3.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What sort of relationship do Audrey and Seth have?

Essay Topic 2

Explore the idea of racism in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Do you think that Tak is gone at the conclusion of the novel? Why or why not?

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