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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 Captain offer passengers as compensation for the inconvenience?
2. Who tells Frenesi that their last government check is no good.
3. Who does Hector want to talk to Zoyd about?
4. What is Ralph worried about on the morning of the wedding?
5. Who is Frenesi married to ?
Short Essay Questions
1. What impact are the soldiers having on Zoyd's life so far?
2. What does Zoyd do in preparation for his annual display of insanity in order to qualify for the government mental disability checks?
3. What does the Captain tell the passengers on his flight when the military type personnel board, and how does he attempt to justify or explain their presence?
4. What is Zoyd hoping that the card will do for Prairie after all this time?
5. What does Zoyd learn on this trip into the hills to pick up the crawfish?
6. What complications arise when Flash gets nervous and tells Frenesi to cash their latest check as soon as possible?
7. Why is Zoyd surprised by federal prosecutor Vond's actions and what does he do to circumvent the current problems he is facing?
8. Where does Frenesi meet her current husband, Flash, and what do they have in common?
9. Who is Zoyd approached by first in the Log Jam and how?
10. What is unusual about the most recent check that comes to Frenesi and Flash from the government witness protection program?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is DL reluctant to share with Prairie? What compromise does she make? What information is Prairie looking for? Why does DL warn her about where learning more about her mother Frenesi is concerned? Why does DL think that Prairie should proceed with caution?
Essay Topic 2
Why did Brock spend so much time and attention to the details of the facial and cranial structure of each of the people arrested and taken to his Political Re-Education Program? What philosophy did he subscribe to that made him believe that he could predict criminal tendencies in his prisoners?
Essay Topic 3
What is the arrangement that Zoyd has with the government that enables him to receive mental disability checks? What are the conditions he must meet in order to keep the checks coming? What is the stunt that he regularly pulled in order to qualify? Why does this most recent stunt happen in a different venue than the Log Jam? Where does it occur instead and who makes all of the arrangements behind Zoyd's back?
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