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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. How does Henry say that he is able to find the handle of the truck without grasping to find it?

2. What does Beezer tell Jack when they leave Ed's Eats and Dawgs?

3. What does Burny pick up off the desk in Chapter five?

4. What does Dale think that Jack's pictures look like?

5. Where does Rebecca tell Chipper that Burny ought to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens outside of Ed's Eats and Dawgs when Henry realizes that someone is taking his picture?

2. What is shown to the reader in Chapter two at Ed's Eats and Dawgs?

3. In Chapter one, what is explained about Chipper's current situations in his life?

4. When they arrive at Ed's Eats and Dawgs, what does Dale tell Jack he should do?

5. Explain what is known about Henry Leyden that is shown in chapter three.

6. What does Wendell see when he gets to the crime scene in Chapter twelve?

7. What does Wendell want to get from Irma's crime scene as he heads out to Ed's Eats and Dawgs?

8. What does T.J. see when he gets to the spot where they left Tyler?

9. What happens in Chapter seven when Henry begins playing for the residents at Maxton's?

10. Describe the scene in Chapter four where Jack and Dale are putting up paintings.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Which of the minor characters in the story do you feel could have had a much larger role?

2) Which of the minor characters do you feel could have been left out of the story all together?

3) If you had to play a role in the story what role would you chose?

Essay Topic 2

1) Why is it that Judy was willing to kiss Jack when he returned from him meeting with Sophie?

2) What did Jack mean when he said he was in love for the first time after seeing Sophie?

3) What different kinds of love are seen in the story? Which of these seems to be the strongest?

Essay Topic 3

1) Speculate on the reasons that Sonny and Kaiser Bill left when Mouse was sick.

2) Do you think that Mouse would have left if it had been Sonny or Kaiser Bill that had been injured? Why or why not?

3) Was Mouse's death necessary in the story? Why or why not?

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