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

2. Who lives with the woman who sees Mrs. Pollifax, Farrell and the Chinese man escaping?

3. Where do Mrs. Pollifax, Farrell and the Chinese man believe that the river will take them if they follow it?

4. What will Farrell need in order to escape?

5. What does Mrs. Pollifax hear during her morning walk in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Mrs. Pollifax find the location of a missile site important?

4. Discuss the prisoner that Mrs. Pollifax learns of in Chapter 14.

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

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

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

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

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

10. Discuss the woman that sees Mrs. Pollifax, Farrell and the Chinese man escape.

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

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