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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. Where does Farrell believe he and Mrs. Pollifax are taken during their capture?

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

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

4. What does Farrell say he will have to do before he can be questioned?

5. What kind of conversation does General Perdido tell Mrs. Pollifax he had hoped for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss the assignment Carstairs has involving Mexico City.

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

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

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

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

7. Discuss the suicide attempt of Farrell.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship between Mrs. Pollifax and Johnny Farrell and the role it plays in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of crime in the novel and the impact it has on the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and describe the escape of Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell and the effects it has on the book.

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