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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 is hit by a rock in Chapter 16?

2. What does Mrs. Pollifax call the two rocks she is able to bring into her cell?

3. Who does Mrs. Pollifax encounter when she returns home?

4. Who is planning a party?

5. Who does the Colonel inform Mrs. Pollifax are quickly becoming influential in Europe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the plane that Mrs. Pollifax comes to find in Chapter 19.

2. How does Carstairs finally find Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell in Chapter 20?

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

4. Discuss the note that is dropped into Mrs. Pollifax's cell while she is on her morning walk.

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

6. Discuss the reasons for Farrell's foul mood when Mrs. Pollifax returns from her daily walk in Chapter 14.

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

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

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

10. Discuss the cave the Chinese man finds in Chapter 20 and the purpose it serves.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and describe the ways in which Mrs. Pollifax changes throughout the novel and the effect this has on readers as well as the story.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and describe the use of setting in the story and the role it plays in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and describe the plot of the novel and the role it plays in the story.

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