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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 almost shoots the Chinese man?

2. What type of song is sung by Lulash when General Hoong arrives?

3. What does Mrs. Pollifax realize she and the others are working as during their escape?

4. When Mrs. Pollifax, Farrell and the Chinese man set off walking out of site of the compound, what do they believe to be walking toward?

5. Who says their family has given them up for dead?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Mrs. Pollifax, Farrell and the Chinese man rescued?

2. Discuss what Carstairs has Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell do when they first arrive home to the United States.

3. What happens when Farrell tells Mrs. Pollifax to leave him behind when she escapes?

4. How do Mrs. Pollifax, Farrell and the Chinese man distract their pursuers in Chapter 19?

5. Discuss the sail boat Mrs. Pollifax, Farrell and the Chinese man steal and the teamwork they have with one another.

6. What does Mrs. Pollifax discover on her daily walk?

7. What does Mrs. Pollifax learn from Carstairs involving Senor DeGamez in Chapter 23?

8. What does Mrs. Pollifax learn about Adem Nexht on her daily walk?

9. How does Mrs. Pollifax manage to get a gun?

10. What happens when the Chinese man arrives in a car he steals during his escape with Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and describe the organization in the novel and the role it plays.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and describe the role of the protagonist and antagonist in the novel and the effect it has on the characters and events that occur.

Essay Topic 3

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

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