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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wiley say that his story was done to represent?
(a) The violence of murder.
(b) The ability of the newspaper to change facts.
(c) The mayhem in the streets.
(d) The nature of the hispanic population.

2. Why are the condominiums at the Otter Creek Village slanted?
(a) To fit more on the land.
(b) To be better looking.
(c) To improve the view.
(d) To provide drainage.

3. What is stuck in Sparky's throat and was found by the medical examiner?
(a) A toy rubber alligator.
(b) A water ski
(c) A red suitcase.
(d) Seventy-nine cents in change.

4. What type of expertise does James have?
(a) Investigative.
(b) Shooting.
(c) Environmental.
(d) Martial arts.

5. Which of the following descriptions could best be used to describe the policemen who take Keyes away?
(a) Hispanic.
(b) Thin.
(c) Burly.
(d) Illegal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Keyes get to Wiley's cabin to inspect it?

2. What is Jenna dressed up as?

3. What happens to Mrs. Kimmelman at the end of this chapter?

4. What is the first question Wiley asks the Shriners?

5. What happened to Ernesto Cabal at the end of Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Skip Wiley do to his psychiatrist and what does the doctor do once returned?

2. What does the story on the front page by Ricky Bloodworth say that is inappropriate for a newspaper to print?

3. What happens while Groppo is golfing with his colleagues at the Palmetto Country Club?

4. What items did the police find in room 223 at the Flamingo Isles Motel?

5. What does Wiley tell Keyes that the group he is affiliated with plans to do and how they plan to do it?

6. What does Bernal secretly hope will happen after he blows up several people and some greyhounds at the track with his bombs?

7. Why does Keyes go to Jenna's house?

8. What happens to Nell's husband while he is in the water and why does Nell become suspicious?

9. What does the letter that is shown to Keyes by Garcia say about the murders and how is it signed?

10. How and where is Wiley's vehicle found by the police?

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