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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. What Marine camp is nearby when Raleigh and Mingo get lost while driving in Part 2, Chapter 16?
2. What does Raleigh steal from the library in Part 1, Chapter 7?
3. What physical characteristic best describes Mingo?
4. Who decides during a surprise party to run away to South America to avoid the law?
5. After the Marines help Raleigh and Mingo, who does Raleigh call from a tavern?
Short Essay Questions
1. What angers Raleigh at Lovie's party? Explain the situation.
2. Why is Raleigh pulled over by a police officer on his way home from the public library? Why does he fear he is being pulled over?
3. Explain who solves Raleigh and Mingo's car problem after leaving Lovie's party and the payment taken for that solution.
4. How does Raleigh steal the bust from the public library?
5. After listening to the cassette tape, what delivery does Raleigh get from his father, and how does it arrive?
6. Explain the first compromising situation in which Mingo mistakenly assumes his wife Vera is having an affair with Raleigh.
7. Which three items does Raleigh learn the whereabouts of during his visit with Victoria? Discuss the whereabouts.
8. What note does Raleigh find in Chapter 5, and what is the truth of the situation surrounding that note?
9. What is the misunderstanding that Raleigh's janitor has in Chapter 5?
10. Why is Earley in the hospital at the beginning of the story, and how does he leave?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author's writing experience and his successes of this book, Handling Sin, and his other writings.
Essay Topic 2
Raleigh was instructed to "collect" two people as part of his scavenger hunt. Who were they and what importance did they have?
Essay Topic 3
Write a character description of Mingo. Was he a major character or minor one, static or dynamic? Support your answer with specific evidence form the story and be sure to include definitions of major and minor character.
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