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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. Who does Mrs. Pollifax encounter when she returns home?

2. What type of song is sung by Lulash when General Hoong arrives?

3. What does Mrs. Pollifax, Farrell and the Chinese man want to use in order to make faster progress in their escape?

4. Who tells Farrell and Mrs. Pollifax that Perdido is to arrive in two days?

5. Who fires a gun into the ceiling during Lulash and Vassovic's party?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Pollifax learn from Carstairs involving Senor DeGamez in Chapter 23?

2. What happens when the Chinese man arrives in a car he steals during his escape with Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell.

3. What happens when Farrell tells Mrs. Pollifax to leave him behind when she escapes?

4. Why does Mrs. Pollifax find the location of a missile site important?

5. Discuss the escape plan of Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell in Chapter 15.

6. What does Mrs. Pollifax discover on her daily walk?

7. Discuss the note that is dropped into Mrs. Pollifax's cell while she is on her morning walk.

8. Discuss the encounter between Mrs. Pollifax and Mrs. Hartshorne when Mrs. Pollifax finally returns home at the end of the novel.

9. Discuss the reasons for Farrell's foul mood when Mrs. Pollifax returns from her daily walk in Chapter 14.

10. Who is Halstead and whom does he recognize in Chapter 22?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and describe the use of foils in the novel and the effects they have on characters and events that occur.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and describe the ways in which Mrs. Pollifax changes throughout the novel and the effect this has on readers as well as the story.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationship between General Perdido and Carstairs.

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