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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 Bonnie attempt to do after Augustine insults Max?
2. What is the tie between the three sets of characters met in Chapter 1?
3. What does the man with the dachshunds tell Edie to do?
4. After the morgue, in what state does Bonnie find her car rental?
5. What strange items are people using as weapons as Jim discovered?
Short Essay Questions
1. Though Ira Jackson has every right to be angry over the death of his mother, he is no saint himself and perhaps should not be judging Tony so harshly. What indicators has the author given the reader to show that Jackson is not an upstanding character?
2. How does the structure of Chapter 1 differ from a standard novel?
3. Even though the author introduces new characters, he continues to tie in the ones that the reader has already met. How are the characters intertwining in Chapter 3?
4. Though the reader never really meets Avila, much can be said about his character through indirect characterization. What type of character is he?
5. In what way have common household items become weapons of violence?
6. How is the relationship between Augustine and Bonnie progressing after Max has been gone for a couple of days?
7. What surprising news does Bonnie hear from Pete and how does it change the dynamic of her marriage?
8. What kind of a character is Augustine? Please support your answer with evidence from the book.
9. Why and how does Bonnie question her choice of a husband?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the significance of the title of the book to the plot that has nothing to do with the actual hurricane?
Essay Topic 2
What does Carl Hiassen attempt to teach through his use of black humor? Is the lesson one that we should all listen to or does the black humor make it a farcical moral not worth listening to?
Essay Topic 3
How is Avila's need to hold sacrificial ceremonies black humor? Note specific places in the novel that show this humor. What is the author trying to tell the reader through these rituals?
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