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American Rust Quiz

Philipp Meyer

This Study Guide consists of approximately 36 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of American Rust.

American Rust by Philipp Meyer

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What revelation does Harris make about Grace at the end of book four? (from Books Five and Six)

Grace cares only for herself, and only cares for Billy when it is advantageous to her.

Grace is a morally repugnant person who deserves what she gets.

Grace cares for Billy more than anything, and she will be devastated if Billy's life is ruined.

Grace loves Virgil without reservation, and she will always come back to him.

2.

Why does Billy Poe agree to the white supremacists' plan to beat up the tweaker guard? (from Book Four)

The guard is rumored to have raped over two dozen inmates.

Poe is convinced that violence is in his blood, and he has surrendered to his fate.

Poe knows that if he doesn't beat up the guard, the whites' protection of him will end.

The guard was particularly rough with Poe on his first day in prison.

3.

Why are Isaac and Billy Poe afraid to go to the police after Otto's death? (from Book Three)

Isaac had spray-painted “DIE PIGS” on the police department building two weeks before.

Otto was not actively engaged in a crime when Isaac attacked him.

Isaac has a long history of getting in trouble with the law.

Sheriff Bud Harris has been sexually molesting Billy Poe.

4.

How is Billy Poe made vulnerable during the white supremacist attack during lunch? (from Books Five and Six)

A prison guard gives him an initial beating to “soften him up.”

His food was spiked with pruno.

The supremacists had bribed guards to leave the guard booth to the yard empty.

The weapon he furnished breaks apart in his hands.

5.

How was Henry English permanently disabled? (from Books Five and Six)

He was hunting and accidentally shot himself.

He leaped from the steel mill to avoid being burned alive.

He was shot three times by Bud Harris.

He fell from a scaffolding while painting.

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