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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 law does a federal judge strike down in freeing the person or people arrested in the first chapter?

2. Where does Ray Johnson live?

3. Where does Buell Jenkins work?

4. Henry Bowman travels around to ______________.

5. Who is Catherine Bowman?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to Rosa Gutierrez?

3. What happens to Zofia's family?

4. Why was the Firearms Act struck down?

5. How does John Ross turn our focus to guns in World War II?

6. What happens to Irwin Mann in Poland?

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

8. Who is Walter Bowman?

9. Who is Ad Topperwine?

10. What is Henry Bowman's goal in life as a young person?

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

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

Evaluate Ross' characterization of the opposition. How does John Ross characterize people who advocate for gun control? Is it a fair characterization? Explain.

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