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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 Paul wish he had at the end of the section?

2. What does Paul give to Sanderson at the end of the chapter?

3. Where does Paul wash himself?

4. Where do the three men go to sleep?

5. What has Lotterman found out about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What new work does Sanderson have for Paul?

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

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

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

5. Describe Paul's visit to Vieques with Zimburger.

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

7. What does Chapter 13 say about Paul's ambition?

8. What has happened to Paul's, Yeamon's and Sala's methods of transport in Chapter 9?

9. Describe Paul's time at the police station.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the novel's dialogue. How does Thompson's dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1) Character

2) Setting

3) Plot

Essay Topic 2

Lotterman thinks he will lose respect in the community because he is an ex-communist and the locals do not trust communists. What kind of political system did Pueto Rico have in the Sixties? What was Puerto Rico's relationship with communism?

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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