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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 is Lieutenant Walter Bowman?

2. Who gives Henry Bowman his first guns?

3. Whom does Henry Bowman NOT start writing to?

4. Max Collins is the sole survivor of _____________.

5. How old is Ray Johnson in Chapter Two?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Cameron Wilcox?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who is Ad Topperwine?

9. What is Henry Bowman fascinated with when we meet him in 1959?

10. Who is Max Collins?

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

What is the genre of 'Unintended Consequences'? Is it straight fiction? Social commentary? Polemic? Prophesy? Make an argument for one or two genres, based on examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Write a character sketch of the author based on his style and content. What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

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