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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 happens to Mrs. Pollifax when she is in the back room at the bookstore?

2. Who is slapped in Chapter 5?

3. Who is introduced to Mrs. Pollifax during her interrogation?

4. What does Carstairs send to Roger and Jane?

5. Who is expected to be behind the kidnapping of Mrs. Pollifax?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Mrs. Pollifax meets Carstairs?

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

3. What happens when Mr. Mason meets Mrs. Pollifax?

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

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

6. What occurs when Mrs. Pollifax wakes up after she is drugged?

7. What is Mrs. Pollifax instructed to do at Parrot Bookstore?

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

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

10. Who are the Red Chinese?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the narration of the novel and whether readers can trust the narrator(s).

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and describe the use of foils in the novel and the effects they have on characters and events that occur.

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