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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. In what does Chunjin insist on driving his boss?

2. What do Raymond and Jocie do?

3. What do the Soviets do when word of the wedding reaches them?

4. What does Senator Jordan further state?

5. What does the inebriated Mrs. Iselin proceed to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the scene begin, prior to the shooting?

2. What does Raymond do to Jocie's father?

3. What does the FBI learn about Shaw's trigger?

4. What happens when it is discovered that Jocie and Raymond have left the party?

5. What is Raymond's costume? What does he think about it?

6. How does the book end?

7. What is the assassination plot arranged for Raymond?

8. Why do these two seem happy?

9. What do Raymond and Jocie do?

10. What takes place during the first days of the ceremonies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a great deal of tension in this story.

Part 1) Describe the cause of this tension.

Part 2) How does this tension affect the characters in the story, as well as the reader?

Part 3) How might this story and tension reflect the lives of Americans at this time?

Essay Topic 2

Josie's husband has died.

Part 1) How might he have died? How do you know this?

Part 2) What purpose does his death serve for the characters in the story?

Part 3) What is the connection between his death and the theme about the love of a good woman?

Essay Topic 3

One of the central themes is the idea of man as machine

Part 1) How is man a machine in this story?

Part 2) What are the author's thoughts about this theme, based on this novel?

Part 3) How does this theme relate to real life and life today? Use the text to support your response.

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