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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 is the name of "The Asshole Saint" (136)?

2. What color china does Colette have on display in her home?

3. What does Clara tell Myrna that she make Haniya for breakfast in Chapter 13?

4. In Chapter 21, who does Robinson say she came to meet at the party?

5. How did Robinson's father die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does a journalist say in Chapter 15 about Robinson's message?

2. Who booked the auditorium for Robinson's lecture?

3. What does the sound tech tell Jean-Guy, when Jean-Guy interviews him?

4. When firecrackers go off at the end of Chapter 18, who reacts and why?

5. Who is Jean-Guy?

6. How did Jean-Guy come to work with Armand?

7. What does Dr. Sharon Harris say that physicians think about the things Robinson is promoting?

8. Why does Armand go to see Chancellor Colette Roberge?

9. What is the venue for Professor Robinson's lecture?

10. How does Robinson react when Colette suggests that Schneider was killed by someone who wanted to kill Robinson?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in The Madness of Crowds? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 2

Haniya tells Armand that she would not have killed Robinson. Why does Haniya not kill Robinson? Why does she believe Robinson’s death would spread not quash Robinson’s ideas?

Essay Topic 3

Police procedure is followed during the police investigation. How is police procedure followed during the police investigation? What does the investigation reveal about the importance of intuition and following clues?

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