Multiple Choice

1. D (Various chapters)

2. D (Various chapters)

3. A (Chapter 12)

4. B (Chapter 12)

5. C (Various chapters)

6. B (Various chapters)

7. D (Various chapters)

8. A (Various chapters)

9. C (Various chapters)

10. B (Various chapters)

Long Answer

1. Dusty can pay people to spy on the government and to use physical violence to intimidate others. He also has enough money to pay bribes, allowing him to keep doing whatever he wants. (Various chapters)

2. Hiaasen establishes that Thunder Beach is at the center of many of the Underwoods’ favorite family memories and that they feel very attached to this spot. Then, when Noah and Abbey discover pollution there, the reader can understand how devastating this is for them. This helps make the abstract idea of environmental damage more personal and understandable. (Various chapters)