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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 discuss with the person running the bookstore?

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

3. What does Mrs. Pollifax compare Mrs. Hartshorne to?

4. Where is Mrs. Pollifax when the story begins?

5. Where is Mrs. Pollifax supposed to go while in Mexico City?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who are the Red Chinese?

3. Discuss the location that Mrs. Pollifax arrives at during her capture as well as the ailment she suffers.

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

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

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

7. Who is Johnny Farrell?

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

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

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the genre of the novel and why it falls into this particular category.

Essay Topic 3

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

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