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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. Where does Paul wash himself?

2. What does Zimburger want to build?

3. What does Paul retrieve from Yeamon's house?

4. What has been taken from Sala's car?

5. What day does Paul arrange to meet Yeamon and Chenault?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Paul's time with Chenault and Yeamon in Chapter 13.

2. How do the locals treat Yeamon and Paul when Chenault leaves the house?

3. What do Paul and Yeamon talk about in Chapter 10?

4. What does Paul think about his stay on the island?

5. How does Lotterman react over the news that the company paid Paul and Sala's bail bonds?

6. In what way does everything turn out well for Paul by the end of the chapter?

7. What happens to Chenault in Chapter 15?

8. What does Paul arrange after his meeting with Lotterman?

9. What do Yeamon, Paul and Chenault do the next morning?

10. How does the policeman react to Chenault's disappearance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a 500-word essay revolving around the following statement: Paul does not make a success of his time in Puerto Rico because he lacks both direction and ambition.

Essay Topic 2

The Rum Diary is written in the first person. Why do you think Thompson chose to write the story in the first person? How do you think the meaning of the story would have changed if it were written in the third person?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following characters and write his/her character background:

1) Paul Kemp

2) Sala

3) Yeamon

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