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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 is considered to be welcome in Albania?

2. Who is slapped in Chapter 5?

3. What kind of situation does Mrs. Pollifax realize she is in, in Chapter 8?

4. Who is the first person Mrs. Pollifax is taken to see during her captivity?

5. Who is Mrs. Pollifax supposed to meet during her time in Mexico City?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the "jam" Mrs. Pollifax finds herself in in Chapter 8.

2. What does Mrs. Pollifax learn is searched in Chapter 8?

3. Discuss the book that Lulash gives to Mrs. Pollifax.

4. What occurs while Mrs. Pollifax is at her doctor's office in Chapter 1?

5. What happens when Mrs. Pollifax is first taken to an interrogation room?

6. What kind of relationship does Mrs. Pollifax have with Mrs. Grace Hartshorne?

7. Discuss the complaints Mrs. Pollifax has about her abduction.

8. What happens to Mrs. Pollifax during her second trip to Parrot Bookstore?

9. Discuss the meeting between Mrs. Pollifax and General Perdido.

10. Discuss the descent of the plane that Farrell and Mrs. Pollifax are held captive on.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and describe the use of setting in the story and the role it plays in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and describe the use of character descriptions and the positive and negative effect they have on readers as well as the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and describe the use of dialogue in the novel and the effect it has on the story.

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