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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 Nell want Keyes to find?

2. Which of the following characters stabbed Mitchell Klein?

3. Which of the following characters was kidnapped by Viceroy?

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

5. What does Garcia tell Keyes he is now in charge of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ernesto feel about America and what does he explain to Keyes about his arrest?

2. Why do many of the people begin to leave the Otter Creek Condos and how does this make Wiley feel?

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

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

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

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

7. Who is introduced as the winner of the Orange Bowl Beauty Pageant and how does the author describe this character?

8. Why can't Keyes leave the island where Wiley's cabin is and what happens to him because he can't leave?

9. In what way do Keyes and Mulcahy hope to lure Wiley back to Miami?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe one great contrast the author portrays in this novel? Why do you think the author included this contrast? Do you believe it was necessary to the plot or something to better engage the reader? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the genre of this novel and how the genre is developed completely by the author. Is the author successful at making this novel humorous? In what way is it or is it not?

Essay Topic 3

What surprises does the author provide for the reader throughout the novel? In what ways does this help with the genre? In what ways does it detract? Did you enjoy the surprises as the reader? Why or why not?

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