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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What strange items are people using as weapons as Jim discovered?
(a) Knives.
(b) Bricks.
(c) Chain saws and power tools.
(d) Tree branches.

2. Why is Tony sitting with a shotgun on his lap?
(a) He is protecting himself from his customers.
(b) He is protecting himself from Max and Bonnie.
(c) He is protecting himself from Edie and Snapper.
(d) He is protecting himself from looters.

3. After the morgue, in what state does Bonnie find her car rental?
(a) In the same state that they had left it.
(b) Gone.
(c) The radio had been stolen.
(d) It was on its rims with the hood open.

4. What is the old man in search of at Beatrice Jackson's home?
(a) Beatrice's urn.
(b) Ira Jackson.
(c) His wife's blue urn.
(d) Beatrice's dogs.

5. Why does Edie want to find a Kennedy?
(a) To scam them out of money.
(b) She wants to meet someone famous.
(c) She is a big fan.
(d) She is hoping to marry a Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ira Jackson get Avila's address from the clerk?

2. How does Tony prove Edie is not paralyzed?

3. Why is Augustine's father in jail?

4. Why has the one-eyed man kidnapped Max?

5. What does Snapper do to Edie in the driveway?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the weather create conflict in Chapter 1?

2. What misconceptions is Max beginning to believe about Skink in Chapter 6?

3. What insight does Augustine have concerning Skink that Max does not?

4. How is the author being satirical in the characterization of Tony Torres?

5. How do Bonnie's responses to Augustine show that she has feelings for her husband and an understanding of who he is?

6. How is the character of Avila brought further to light by showing his bad character traits?

7. How does Snapper become the criminal that he is?

8. How has Skink become even more frightening as a character in Chapter 9?

9. Though shown as a kidnapper and torturer, Skink appears to be an ethical man. How so?

10. In what way have common household items become weapons of violence?

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