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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 Wilson Blair trying to accomplish when he sees Henry Bowman?

2. What is the topic of Henry Bowman's high school economics class paper?

3. What does Henry Bowman tell Ray Johnson about the old paper money?

4. Whom does Wilson Blair call after his run-in with Henry Bowman?

5. What does Henry Bowman refuse to tell Cammie Lynn?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has the government tried to regulate guns without imposing new laws?

2. What happens when Henry Bowman and Cindy Caswell meet?

3. What does Henry Bowman do after high school?

4. What does Henry Bowman tell David Webb on the canoe trip?

5. What happens when Henry Bowman goes on a canoe trip?

6. Who is Allen Kane?

7. What regulation is passed in 1968?

8. What raids give Henry Bowman source for worry?

9. What does Henry Bowman do to help Cindy Caswell get cash?

10. What is Henry Bowman's feeling about the Oklahoma City bombing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what degree is this book internally consistent? How much does it follow the rules it lays out? Where does it diverge from those rules?

Essay Topic 2

Evaluate Ross' characterization of the opposition. How does John Ross characterize people who advocate for gun control? Is it a fair characterization? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate the proposition that as societies grow more complex, their members have to make more and more sacrifices of personal liberty for the sake of social peace.

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