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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 questions Mrs. Pollifax about the questions she posed on her second trip to the bookstore?

2. What does Mrs. Pollifax learn is the true identity of the person she believes to be Senor DeGamez?

3. Who says they have a good sense about people?

4. Where are Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell left alone together when arriving at their destination?

5. Who is supposed to be sending a package to Mexico City?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell do while on the plane they are held captive on?

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

3. Discuss the suicide attempt of Farrell.

4. What causes Mrs. Pollifax to become angry with Perdido?

5. How does Mrs. Pollifax feel after first trip to Parrot Bookstore?

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

7. Discuss the reaction of Mrs. Pollifax's children involving her trip to Mexico City.

8. What happens during Mrs. Pollifax's first trip to Parrot Bookstore?

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

10. What does Farrell inform about himself involving his job as a spy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship between Mrs. Pollifax and Lulash and the effect it has on the novel.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationship between Mrs. Pollifax and Mrs. Hartshorne.

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