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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. Where does Earl wake up in Chapter 10?
2. According to the Irishman in Chapter 5, what is the hidden object he has come to reclaim?
3. In what year did Sportcoat’s wife disappear, as revealed by the narrator in Chapter 1?
4. For what does the Elephant yearn at the end of Chapter 11?
5. According to the narrator in Chapter 1, when does the mysterious cheese arrive?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is a mojo? How is the word “mojo” a fitting title for Chapter 12?
2. Who is Jet and what important information has he learned about the Cause, as revealed in Chapter 3?
3. What fear does the Elephant have in Chapter 11? Why does he feel this way?
4. What personal information does the reader learn about the Elephant at the start of Chapter 5?
5. According to the narrator in Chapter 1, over what do Hettie and Sportcoat continue to argue, even after Hettie’s passing?
6. Who is Hettie? What are the circumstances surrounding her death, as revealed in Chapter 1?
7. How did Deems become a drug dealer, as revealed in Chapter 7? What was the result?
8. How does Jet influence the shooting that occurs at the start of the novel?
9. How did the red ants come to the United States, as revealed in Chapter 7?
10. Who is Dominic and what does he give Sportcoat in Chapter 10?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In what ways is the novel a celebration of diversity? Evaluate the role of diversity in the novel, using textual evidence for support.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast Sportcoat and Deems. How are they similar, and how are they different? Support your answers with examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story by using a third-person, omniscient perspective. How does viewing the action through the eyes from an omniscient narrator affect the story? How would the book be different if the story was told through a first-person perspective?
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