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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 Wiley ask the doctor if he is going to tell his boss?

2. What profession did Mitchell Klein have?

3. What does Keyes find under the outhouse at Wiley's cabin?

4. What is on the license plate of the car that peels away just before Keyes passes out?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Harold Keefe concerned about and what does he decide to do about it?

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

4. What was one of the major screw-ups that Bernal committed when he worked for the group called the First Weekend in July?

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

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

7. Where did Viceroy get the car he is driving, how does the owner feel about the car and how does this make Viceroy feel?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In more than one incident throughout the novel the psychiatric field is discussed and portrayed. How is this field of study portrayed by the author? Do you believe it is a fair portrayal? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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