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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 Mrs. Pollifax realize when being interrogated?

2. Who tries to figure out where their captor is taking them?

3. What time is it when the airplane containing Mrs. Pollifax descends?

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

5. What does Mrs. Pollifax ask Farrell in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Mrs. Pollifax accuse General Perdido of doing and is her accusation justified?

5. Why does Mrs. Pollifax go to Langley, Virginia?

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

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

8. Who is Lulash and what is his job?

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

10. What do Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell do while on the plane they 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 organization in the novel and the role it plays.

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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