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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 Henry Bowman explain to Allen Kane's audience?

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

3. Gun owners have ___________ left to buy weapons before they are banned.

4. What does Cammie Lynn tell Henry Bowman when he calls her after returning home?

5. What does the shootout in Florida demonstrate to Henry Bowman and his friends?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Richard Gaines's path after college.

2. What does Henry Bowman do after high school?

3. What is Henry Bowman's feeling about the Oklahoma City bombing?

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

5. How did Cindy Caswell escape from her situation?

6. Describe the raid on Henry Bowman's home.

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

8. What happens when Henry Bowman goes on a canoe trip?

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

10. Who is Alex Neuman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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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