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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 significant information about the investigation surrounding Kiki Pew does Crosby give Mrs. Riptoad in Chapter Eight?

2. What do Mockingbird and Agent Josephson do in Chapter Six?

3. Where is Diego Beltran from?

4. What kind of jewelry did conch shells first appear in?

5. What does Angie hears has happened at her storage unit?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Burmese pythons get a foothold in Florida?

2. Who discovers evidence that could free Diego and what is that evidence?

3. What is the relationship between the First Lady and the President like?

4. Why does Uric kill Prince Paladin?

5. Why does Pruitt call to harass Angie every night?

6. Why is Fay Alex Riptoad's group of supporters called the Potusssies?

7. Why does Mastodon immediately start calling for Diego's blood as a murder suspect?

8. Why does Agent Ahmet Youssef use a different name on the job at the Secret Service?

9. What do the Secret Service agents seem to think about Mastodon in general?

10. Why does Diego Beltran become a suspect in Kiki Pew Fitzsimmons's murder?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which characters exhibit the most respect for the natural environment and for wildlife in the novel? Which characters seem to have utter disregard for these things? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Hiaasen characterize the various struggles of undocumented immigrants in America through different characters' experiences throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Mastodon decide to exploit the public's - and his own supporters' - deep fears of and biases towards undocumented immigrants and other foreigners throughout this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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