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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Poe comes home with Lee in Book One?
(a) They decide to get married.
(b) They sleep together.
(c) They run away together.
(d) They decide to kill Isaac.

2. How does Isaac escape when he and Poe are initially confronted by the vagrants in the car factory?
(a) He claims he has to urinate.
(b) He claims he has a car outside.
(c) He claims he has epilepsy.
(d) He claims he has a phone call.

3. Of what crime does Harris know his friend on the city council that is being investigated to be guilty?
(a) Theft.
(b) Bribery.
(c) Murder.
(d) Robbery.

4. What is the white supremacist group that Isaac surmises Daryl is a member of in Book Two?
(a) White Knights.
(b) Watchers.
(c) Stormfront.
(d) Wolfhunters.

5. What does Poe do to his car when he gets home in Book Two?
(a) He washes it.
(b) He drives it off a cliff.
(c) He changes the oil.
(d) She shoots a gun at it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Poe's intention in going to the woods in the beginning of Book Two?

2. Who shoves his hands into Poe's pants during the fight at the car factory in Book One?

3. Where is Poe's cell-mate when he arrives at prison in Book Two?

4. What does Poe take with him when he goes into the woods from his house in Book Two?

5. What sport did Poe excell at in high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the theme of fatalism apply to Henry and Lee English in the novel?

2. How does the murder in Book One influence the characters of Isaac and Poe?

3. How would you describe the atmosphere of the setting and characters in Book One?

4. How is Isaac English described when his character is introduced in Book One? What are Isaac's circumstances in the beginning of the novel?

5. What political struggles and conflicts plague Bud Harris in Book Two?

6. Describe the character of Bud Harris in the narrative. What is revealed about Harris's inner thoughts in Book Two?

7. Where does Isaac plan to travel in Book One? Why?

8. What secrets are revealed in Book Two? How do these secrets serve the plot?

9. Where do Isaac and Poe encounter the three drifters in Book One? Who are the drifters and how are they described?

10. The theme of fatalism plays a large part in American Rust. How does fatalism apply to the murder of Otto?

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