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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 is to walk during the plan of escape?

2. What does Mrs. Pollifax learn the location of while on her daily walk?

3. What does Mrs. Pollifax steal from Adem?

4. What does Mrs. Pollifax store in her cell?

5. Who is hit by a rock in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Pollifax manage to get an evergreen tree?

2. How does Carstairs finally find Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell in Chapter 20?

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

4. Discuss the "two miracles" Mrs. Pollifax manages to get.

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

6. Discuss the sail boat Mrs. Pollifax, Farrell and the Chinese man steal and the teamwork they have with one another.

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

8. How does Mrs. Pollifax manage to get a gun?

9. Discuss what Carstairs has Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell do when they first arrive home to the United States.

10. Discuss the deck of cards that Mrs. Pollifax remembers she still has in Chapter 23.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and describe the theme of the novel and why it is classified as having this particular theme.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and describe the organization in the novel and the role it plays.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and describe the plot of the novel and the role it plays in the story.

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