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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 tells Farrell and Mrs. Pollifax that Perdido is to arrive in two days?

2. Who is to walk during the plan of escape?

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

4. What do Mrs. Pollifax, Farrell and the Chinese man steal in order to help in their escape?

5. Where does Mrs. Pollifax go when she returns to the United States?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the things that happen at the party of Lulash and Vassovic.

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

3. Discuss the escape plan of Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell in Chapter 15.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and describe the use of foils in the novel and the effects they have on characters and events that occur.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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