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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 Garcia's supervisor?

2. Upon whom does Mrs. Kimmelman concentrate her affections?

3. What job were Viceroy and Bernal applying for?

4. What odd object does Jenna have in her living room?

5. Which of the following characters does Wiley seem to trust in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Keyes and the Shriners find Wiley on the beach in Nassau what becomes clear to them?

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

3. When Keyes goes to visit Cabal in jail what does he see and why is this the case?

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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?

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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