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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 is Zofia's family's relationship with the Nazis?

2. Where does Ray Johnson live?

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

4. What is Ray Johnson's passion?

5. How old is Ray Johnson in Chapter Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Cameron Wilcox?

2. What is Richard Gaines doing in 1959?

3. Who is Ray Johnson?

4. Who is Walter Bowman?

5. Who are Henry Bowman's friends as a teenager?

6. Describe Henry Bowman's childhood.

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

8. What law do Henry Bowman and his friends resent?

9. What happens to Zofia's family?

10. Why was the Firearms Act struck down?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How realistic is this book? What parts are not believable? What leaps of faith does the author require of the reader? Are these leaps painful to make? What do these leaps allow the author to do?

Essay Topic 2

How would this book be different if were told from the perspective of a black man, a woman, or someone else? How would Native Americans tell this story differently? How is the story limited by being told about a white man?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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