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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. Who designed the weapon Ad Topperwine is testing?

2. What are federal agents looking for in the first chapter?

3. What did Walter Bowman make during the war?

4. What does Henry Bowman's father tell him he needs to do as he grows up?

5. What law was repealed during the first chapter "Seeds"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Ray Johnson?

2. Who is Max Collins?

3. Who is Ad Topperwine?

4. What does Henry Bowman say about the assassination of President Kennedy?

5. What happens to Zofia in the first chapter "Seeds"?

6. What happened to Rosa Gutierrez?

7. How does John Ross treat the United States government's violence against veterans and the Nazi government's persecution of Jews differently?

8. Describe Henry Bowman's childhood.

9. Who is the Gutierrez family?

10. Who is Harold Gaines?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characterization of Henry Bowman and one of the minor characters. How are they similar? How are they different? How are the characters drawn differently? What kind of detail does Henry Bowman get? How detailed is his characterization?

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate Henry Bowman's fears of the government. Are they rational and real, or are they fictional and unrealistic? Is Henry Bowman right to want to hold the law in his own hands?

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