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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 Carstairs have Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell do when thy first arrive in the United States after their rescue?

2. What is Mrs. Pollifax allowed to do during her daily walk in Chapter 16?

3. Who does Mrs. Pollifax reassure that she is fine at the end of the novel?

4. Who does Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell take with them during their escape?

5. What does the Chinese man find that allows he, Mrs. Pollifax, and Farrell to aid in their escape?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Discuss the encounter between Mrs. Pollifax and Mrs. Hartshorne when Mrs. Pollifax finally returns home at the end of the novel.

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

5. Discuss the escape of Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell in Chapter 17.

6. How does Mrs. Pollifax manage to get an evergreen tree?

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

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

9. Discuss the plan of escape that Mrs. Pollifax, Farrell and the Chinese man use with the help of the woman who sees them escaping.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship Mrs. Pollifax has with her children and the effect it has on the story.

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 Mrs. Hartshorne.

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