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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. Where does he stop next?

2. What do the teenage boys want to know?

3. What is Joe's thought as he drives away?

4. How much money is involved?

5. Who does Joe run into in the newsroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is being back in his old office and cubicle so difficult for Joe?

2. Who does Joe try to reach when he returns to the motel, and why is it so difficult?

3. What is searching behavior and who is it common to?

4. What other indications are there that make it clear that Joe is being monitored?

5. What does Joe uncover about the white Ford van that was at the cemetery?

6. What does Joe learn when he goes to the Vadence house?

7. What sensations assault him as he is in the throws of an attack of this nature?

8. What does Joe learn about Teknologik?

9. What actions simultaneously thrill and repulse Joe?

10. Who is the only person that seems to understand the way Joe feels, and is his lifeline?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are rage and grief linked? What associates these two emotions and why? Joe is barely in control of himself. How does this manifest itself? What indicators are there that point to a secondary causative as opposed to a simple response to the stimuli at hand? What steps does Joe take to attempt to bring this under control? Are these steps effective? Why or why not? Explain what Joe could be doing to help him through this time more effectively.

Essay Topic 2

What are anxiety attacks? How do the anxiety attacks that Joe suffers present themselves? How often does he have them? Is there any rhyme or reason to the onset of these attacks, their severity, or their frequency? What kinds of treatment are available to those who suffer from these attacks? How effective are they? Are medications usually required? What kinds and how effective are they?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Joe have difficulty when he tries to withdraw more than usual from his own bank account? What kind of reception does he get from both the teller and the branch manager, despite the fact that they both know him by sight? How is that in direct contradiction from the behavior of any savings institution when money is being deposited? Why is there this kind of altered attitude?

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