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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 do Ad Topperwine and the designer support?

2. What does the Gutierrez family receive at the end of Chapter Two?

3. What does Ray Johnson buy when he gets money as a gift?

4. What does Ad Topperwine have in common with the designer?

5. When does Irwin Mann have to flee?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Walter Bowman's relationship with Max Collins?

2. What do Ad Topperwine and John Browning have in common?

3. Describe Henry Bowman's childhood.

4. Who is Cameron Wilcox?

5. What does Ray Johnson do after finishing his graduate degree?

6. What is Richard Gaines doing in 1959?

7. Who is Harold Gaines?

8. What is the allegory of Nazi Germany for American readers?

9. How does the repeal of Prohibition affect the implementation of gun laws in the United States, according to the book?

10. Who is Max Collins?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Assess the value of the killing spree at the end of the book. Is it a real resolution to the book's plot? Is it realistic? What is the purpose of the killing spree?

Essay Topic 2

Evaluate the use of sex in 'Unintended Consequences.' How does it contribute to the book? How does Henry Bowman's attack and rape make the reader feel? How does it affect the reader's sympathies?

Essay Topic 3

Define the audience for this book. What would the primary audience for this book be? What would the audience find most entertaining or useful about it? What would other audiences find useful or interesting?

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