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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tony prove Edie is not paralyzed?
(a) He pushes her arm with the shotgun.
(b) He drops a branch on her leg.
(c) He calls the police.
(d) He shines a flashlight in her face.

2. How many corpses does Bonnie have to look at in the morgue?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

3. Why does Snapper want to siphon the gas from the car?
(a) To watch TV.
(b) To run the refrigerator.
(c) To turn on the lights.
(d) To keep anyone from using the car.

4. Why is Gil Peck in Florida?
(a) He wants to scam for money and goods.
(b) He is part of FEMA.
(c) He is a friend of Snapper's.
(d) He is an insurance man.

5. Why is the trooper sent to Miami?
(a) To rescue animals.
(b) To help clear traffic for the rescue convoys.
(c) To find hurricane victims.
(d) To patrol neighborhoods for looters.

6. Why is Edie annoyed with the insurance man when he returns the next night in Chapter 11?
(a) He is acting as though they have a romance going on.
(b) He drinks all of the wine.
(c) He answers the door when someone knocks.
(d) He won't get her a hotel room.

7. Why is Max at the bottom of the list of missing persons?
(a) He is not known to be hurt.
(b) Wayward tourists are not a priority.
(c) He is not a victim of the hurricane.
(d) Videotapers are not a priority.

8. What happens to Augustine's uncle?
(a) He dies in the hurricane.
(b) He dies of a snake bite.
(c) He leaves his home before the storm.
(d) He dies of a fight with a bear.

9. What does Tony ask Edie and Snapper to do after he discovers their scam?
(a) He asks them to leave.
(b) He asks them to come inside his house.
(c) He asks them to give him a piece of their claim.
(d) He asks them to sue his neighbor instead.

10. What is Max going to do with the videotapes?
(a) Sell them to the highest bidder.
(b) Sell them to C-Span.
(c) Make a movie.
(d) Make a scrapbook.

11. What does Skink make Max do to support the products he advertises?
(a) He makes Max smoke many cigarettes.
(b) He makes Max eat tons of cereal.
(c) He makes him eat a carton of eggs.
(d) He makes Max drink lots of beer.

12. What does Tony make Snapper and Edie explain to him once he brings them in the house?
(a) Where they came from.
(b) How their scam was supposed to work.
(c) How they came up with their idea.
(d) Why they chose his house.

13. Where is Tony sitting when Snapper and Edie arrive back at his house the next day?
(a) In the living room.
(b) On the driveway.
(c) On the front porch in a rocking chair.
(d) In a lounge chair on the front lawn.

14. What does the old man neighbor of Mrs. Jackson want to do to Tony?
(a) Take him out to dinner.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Thank him.
(d) Show Tony his ruined trailer.

15. What do the kids want who drive up behind Snapper and follow him for a bit?
(a) They want to see if he has a gun.
(b) They want directions.
(c) They want to rob him.
(d) They want to beat him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the patrol officers go to the Card Sound Bridge?

2. What happens to Bonnie's purse?

3. How does Edie's scam get noticed by the insurance man?

4. What food product is on Skink's list that he wants Bonnie to deliver?

5. Why is Augustine's father in jail?

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