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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. Whose anger is behind the FBI watching Henry Bowman?

2. Where does Ray Johnson go when he returns to the U.S.?

3. What police tactic is more common now that Ray Johnson is back in the country?

4. What does the third person tell Henry Bowman?

5. What kind of scene does Henry Bowman stumble on during his trip with David Webb?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens around the time that Cindy Caswell's friend April is assaulted?

2. What happens when Henry Bowman and Cindy Caswell meet?

3. Who is Allen Kane?

4. What does Henry Bowman tell David Webb on the canoe trip?

5. Describe Ray Johnson's return to the United States.

6. What does Henry Bowman do to help Cindy Caswell get cash?

7. How did Cindy Caswell escape from her situation?

8. Who is Alex Neuman?

9. Describe Richard Gaines's path after college.

10. How has the atmosphere with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms changed by 1982?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what degree is this book internally consistent? How much does it follow the rules it lays out? Where does it diverge from those rules?

Essay Topic 2

Evaluate your own reading of 'Unintended Consequences.' Did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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