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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. Which of the following characters is also on the plane that Jenna boards?

2. Where does Al Garcia want to meet Keyes?

3. What does Cab tell Skip that there was none of that he reported in his article?

4. Why are the condominiums at the Otter Creek Village slanted?

5. How many men rented the room that Garcia tells Keyes about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jenna say Wiley was distraught about and why?

2. What conclusions do Keyes and Garcia reach about the letters?

3. Who put the bullet holes in Jenna's walls and why were they put there?

4. What realization does Keyes come to about Sparky's legs and what makes him come to this realization?

5. What does Garcia admit to Keyes and what information does he share with Keyes?

6. What plot do Keyes and Mulcahy discuss and what does this discussion help them to figure out?

7. What happens between Keyes and Jenna in the hospital and what does he think about this?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Complete a character analysis of the protagonist and antagonist of the story. Compare these two characters. Which do you believe is the stronger? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the concept of terrorism developed throughout this novel? In what ways are these terrorists different from the majority of terrorists reported about in the media? In what ways are they the same?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how the author uses irony to develop the action and plot of this novel. Do you believe the author overuses or underuses irony within the text? Why do you feel this way?

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