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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 Bloodworth find in Garcia's office?

2. How are some policeman dressed to be able to walk with the float?

3. How many tourists are lost in the incident with the helicopter?

4. How does Wiley explain to Kara Lynn that the explosives will be set off?

5. Where does Keyes tell Jenna he will be going?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Bernal stops driving and walking with Garcia?

2. What disagreement do Keyes, Garcia, Mulcahy and the other Orange Bowl officials have?

3. Describe in detail the float on which Kara Lynn will ride.

4. What does the unusual and unnamed float that unexpectedly appears on the football field look like?

5. What transpires between Bloodworth and Garcia and what is the reason behind the action Garcia takes?

6. Describe the purpose of the Friendship Cruise and the type of people that will be aboard.

7. What happens when Mulcahy and Keyes visit Bloodworth in the hospital after the bombing?

8. What does Jenna say to Keyes when he wakes up and finds her in his office and how does she act?

9. What information does Kara Lynn share with Keyes in regard to Jenna?

10. What does Bernal do in this chapter and what is the response of the First Weekend in July Movement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe the overall goal of the terrorists. Do you believe the goal justifies the means? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How does the character of Keyes change throughout the novel? Do you believe the changes are positive or the negative? Why?

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