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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 Ray Johnson buy when he gets money as a gift?

2. Where is Ray Johnson graduating from in 1959?

3. What happens during Ray Johnson's trip?

4. What charges can the federal agents NOT arrest this person or these people on?

5. How old is Henry Bowman in 1959?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Walter Bowman's relationship with Max Collins?

2. Who is Ad Topperwine?

3. How does the repeal of Prohibition affect the implementation of gun laws in the United States, according to the book?

4. What happens to Irwin Mann in Poland?

5. What is Henry Bowman's goal in life as a young person?

6. What happens to Zofia's family?

7. What law do Henry Bowman and his friends resent?

8. How does John Ross turn our focus to guns in World War II?

9. What had Ray Johnson just finished when we see him in 1959?

10. Describe Henry Bowman's childhood.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate the use of sex in 'Unintended Consequences.' How does it contribute to the book? How does Henry Bowman's attack and rape make the reader feel? How does it affect the reader's sympathies?

Essay Topic 2

How would this book be different if were told from the perspective of a black man, a woman, or someone else? How would Native Americans tell this story differently? How is the story limited by being told about a white man?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characterization of Henry Bowman and one of the minor characters. How are they similar? How are they different? How are the characters drawn differently? What kind of detail does Henry Bowman get? How detailed is his characterization?

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