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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. Who does Blake discover in the front seat of the Meat Wagon in Chapter 20?

2. What does Blake refer to as the object from the safe in Chapter 12?

3. Blake and Finney are hiding out in an area where they once robbed who in Chapter 15?

4. About how old was Blake when he killed his father?

5. What does the big man with the strange accent do to Fenton in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are Blake and Finney in the beginning of Chapter 15? What events does Finney describe?

2. What does Blake don as a disguise in Chapter 18? What is Rachel's reaction when she sees him?

3. How does Blake's love life reflect that of his "thug life" in Chapter 13?

4. How are the characters reflected through a moral lens in Chapter 15?

5. What confessions take place between Leggsy and Blake in Chapter 19?

6. What does Blake discover happening in the garage in Chapter 17?

7. What is satirical about Nathan's comments to Blake in the beginning of Chapter 19?

8. Who does Blake encounter when he awakens from his dream in Chapter 16?

9. What did Blake do after killing his father? How did it affect his life?

10. What does the newspaper article describe in Chapter 17? How does Blake react to the story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze Blake's actions in the robbery and his protection of Fenton. Why does Blake show loyalty to his boss in this scene?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze elements of foreshadowing in the novel. Where in the first chapters has the author indicated later events?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the use of flashback in the narrative and the events described in the fire at Hoppers. How did Blake's actions put Beth at the scene of the fire?

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