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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 says their family has given them up for dead?

2. Who crashes a car into a tree?

3. What does Mrs. Pollifax convince Lulash and Vassovic to let her take to her cell?

4. What does Mrs. Pollifax believe will make up for not bringing Carstairs the package?

5. Who almost shoots the woman who sees Mrs. Pollifax, Farrell and the Chinese man escaping?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Halstead and whom does he recognize in Chapter 22?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the use of titles and chapters in the story and the role they play in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of the CIA in the novel and the importance it plays in the actions of Mrs. Pollifax.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationship between Mrs. Pollifax and Lulash and the effect it has on the novel.

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