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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 does Skink make Max do to support the products he advertises?

2. What happens on Edie's date with Kennedy?

3. What does Bonnie think after Max goes into a family's home to take pictures of the devastation?

4. Why is the one-eyed man angry with Jack and Webo?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the political system ruin Clinton Tyree?

3. How do the characters introduced in Chapter 1 differ from each other?

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

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

6. In what way is Edie shown as a round character?

7. How does the way in which Tony treats Edie in Chapter 6 make the ending of the chapter more satisfactory to the reader?

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

9. Why does Ira Jackson feel so badly about himself?

10. How is Max possibly misreading Skink?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is the epilogue necessary? Does the reader find satisfaction from having the epilogue or would the reader be better off with his own imagination?

Essay Topic 2

How are the laws of the land ignored during this time of crisis not only by the criminals but by the authorities as well?

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of the title of the book to the plot that has nothing to do with the actual hurricane?

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