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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 is Otto referred to as throughout the narrative?
(a) "The Norwegian."
(b) "The Swede."
(c) "The Spaniard."
(d) "The Mexican."

2. What does Grace hand over to Harris in the end of Book Four?
(a) Simon's checkbook.
(b) Poe's weapons.
(c) Virgil's ring.
(d) All of her money.

3. What causes the fight between Poe and his cell-mate in Book Four?
(a) Poe chewing gum.
(b) Poe splashing water on his face.
(c) Poe stealing his pillow.
(d) Poe praying in the cell.

4. Where does Grace say Virgil is when Harris comes to visit her in Book Three?
(a) At the grocery store.
(b) At his mother's house.
(c) At the laundromat.
(d) Long gone.

5. What is Poe's punishment for fighting with his cell-mate in Book Four?
(a) He must clean the cafeteria.
(b) Solitary confinement.
(c) An additional 3 years to his sentence.
(d) He must clean the bathrooms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the bar that Harris goes to in Book Four?

2. In Book Four, Grace wonders whether who would have been a better father to her son?

3. How is the group that is coddling Isaac described in Book Three?

4. Which direction is Isaac traveling by train in the beginning of Book Three?

5. What does Poe make from cloth his first day in prison in Book Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is foreshadowed by the conversation between Grace and Harris in Book Four?

2. How is the theme of decay illustrated in Book Three of American Rust?

3. What is significant about Isaac's use of the phrase "Badge of Honor" in Book Four?

4. What does Bud Harris discuss with his friends Riley, Chester, and Frank at the Dead End bar in Book Four?

5. How has Issac's character evolved in Book Three? How are the changes in Isaac's character revealed?

6. How is the theme of sacrifice explored in Book Four of American Rust?

7. What does Poe decide to do at the end of Book Three? Why?

8. What internal conflicts does Henry English face in Book Four?

9. What inner conflicts does Grace Poe face in the beginning of Book Three?

10. What leads up to the cafeteria fight between Poe and another inmate in Book Three?

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