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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. On page 158, when did Danny remember a tsunami struck Sri Lanka?

2. What color vest do City Rangers wear?

3. What was the cost of a course at Mackenzie Technical College?

4. What was the legal quota of work that a foreign student could do in a week?

5. When Danny arrived at Mackenzie College, how long did he have an unpaid training period to work in a restaurant?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Danny, Prakash, and Radha see when they went to a creek a year ago?

2. What did Abe tell Danny about the racket at Mackenzie College?

3. What had Danny seen about how illegals were treated in Dubai?

4. On page 149, what does Prakash say about the killing?

5. What did Radha tell Danny about Prakash's family and what Prakash went through?

6. Why did Danny decide that it did not pay to be a do-gooder?

7. What did Danny's father say about him after he returned from Dubai?

8. What story did Prakash tell Danny two years ago when they were waiting for Radha at a bar?

9. What did Prakash tell Danny about a trip to South Africa he made with his wife?

10. What phone call does Danny receive at 2:31 p.m.?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tommo Tsavdaridis is a Greek grocery store owner. How does he take advantage of Danny? What is revealed about greed through his character?

Essay Topic 2

Danny went to Australia on a student visa. What did it cost Danny to go to Mackenzie College? How did the college make students work? How long might it take to get a certificate? Was the college a scam?

Essay Topic 3

How does the author use flashbacks in the novel? How does the author’s choice to use flashback affect the plot?

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