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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 happens to Jenna at dinner?

2. Why did Mulcahy have no choice but to publish the article Wiley sent him?

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

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

5. Where does Jenna tell Keyes she is going?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What reason does Tigertail have for participating in the plot? Do you believe his reason is more justified than the other characters? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Environmental issues are the basis of many of the events within the novel. Do you believe violent actions are justified when protecting the environment? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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