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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 Chapter 23, what do Frank Lyle and Miles Clifton warn people about?
2. What does Miles Clifton admit to doing to the residents of Clifton?
3. In Chapter 23, why does Frank Lyle apologize on television?
4. In Chapter 17, where does Jessie eat?
5. In the beginning of Chapter 20, after jumping from the window, what does Jessie think of?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Jessie feel when she meets Ray?
2. How does Jessie get out of the bread truck?
3. Why is Jessie so angry at the end of Chapter 23?
4. Why does Mr. Neely give Jessie a glass of water when he first brings her to his apartment?
5. Why does Jessie think of her cat after jumping out of a window?
6. In Chapter 13, what things comfort Jessie?
7. What does Jessie learn in Chapter 22 about the Board of Health?
8. In Chapter 14, what do Jessie and the "fat man" talk about?
9. What happens when Jessie calls the health department in Chapter 20?
10. What does Jessie tell Mr. Neely when she is finally able to call him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the role of the media in "Running Out of Time". Consider Jessie's relationship with the media. How do they help each other? How do they struggle with each other?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the role of suspense in this novel. Consider how the author creates it as well as what it does to develop the characters and plot.
Essay Topic 3
Consider the changes between 1840 and 1996. Which changes are largest? What things are the same? What do these similarities and differences reveal about modern times?
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