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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. Where does Augustine take Bonnie for the night after their search for Max fails?
2. Why is Augustine's father in jail?
3. What is Max going to do with the videotapes?
4. What do the kids want who drive up behind Snapper and follow him for a bit?
5. What does Tony Torres do for a living?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the political system ruin Clinton Tyree?
2. How does Snapper become the criminal that he is?
3. What kind of a character is Augustine? Please support your answer with evidence from the book.
4. The plot thickens as the reader discovers the depth that Edie and Snapper will go to in order to make money. What is their plan and how do they execute it?
5. What insight does Augustine have concerning Skink that Max does not?
6. What does the reader learn of Augustine's background that leads to him being a more dynamic character?
7. How is the relationship between Augustine and Bonnie progressing after Max has been gone for a couple of days?
8. Bonnie wonders at the end of the Chapter 11 if Max is different now. How is he different?
9. What does Jim Tile reveal that adds to the dimension of Skink's character?
10. How is the author being satirical in the characterization of Tony Torres?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Is there a hero in the novel? An anti-hero? If there is a hero who is it and why? If not, how does the lack of a hero affect the novel? Does there need to be a hero in this novel? If there is an anti-hero -- who is it and why?
Essay Topic 2
How does Augustine's childhood affect who he is and the decisions he makes as an adult? How does Snapper's childhood affect who he is and the decisions he makes as an adult? What about other characters in the novel? Were backgrounds of others introduced to the reader ?
Essay Topic 3
How does the background of the author come into play in his creation of this novel?
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