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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 the Gutierrez family receive at the end of Chapter Two?

2. How did this blow affect Henry Bowman?

3. What element in the story is taking place in the second chapter?

4. What happens during Ray Johnson's trip?

5. Who gives Henry Bowman his first guns?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ray Johnson looking forward to in 1959?

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

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

4. What happened to Rosa Gutierrez?

5. Who is Walter Bowman?

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

7. Who is Ad Topperwine?

8. Who is Max Collins?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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?

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