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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bill know that someone had been in the bunker recently?
(a) There are recently burned candles on the table.
(b) There are fresh blankets crumpled on the floor.
(c) The place smells of fresh laundry.
(d) The place smells of cleaning chemicals.

2. What does Ronny wear on his head for most of chapter 17?
(a) A sweat band.
(b) A Burger King crown.
(c) A plastic cowboy hat.
(d) An old beret.

3. What arcade game is being played at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) Pong.
(b) Space Invaders.
(c) Pac Man.
(d) Centipede.

4. Which well known news television program does Bill watch in chapter 13?
(a) Larry King Live.
(b) Dateline.
(c) Sixty Minutes.
(d) 20/20.

5. Who comes over to visit Bill at his house in chapter 10?
(a) Ronny Lawton.
(b) Ronny's estranged.
(c) Sam and Ed.
(d) Pete.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ronny Lawton not in town at the beginning of chapter 13?

2. What body part do they find in the hurricane bunker?

3. Who is the other possible father of Ronny's estranged wife's kid?

4. What are Ronny's estranged and her son doing when Bill arrives in chapter 11?

5. What does the sheet of paper in the typewriter read when Bill finds it in chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. List the items Bill is instructed to bring to Ronny during the beginning of the hostage situation in chapter 15.

2. How did Bill feel after finding Sam dead in his home? Why?

3. How does Lucas get treated when he misbehaves in chapter 10? What does he do wrong?

4. What is the relationship like between Bill, Sam, and Ed by chapter 12? How do they treat each other?

5. What offer does Ronny Lawton make to Bill over and over about his estranged wife? What is Bill's response?

6. List some of the items Bill gets before heading over to Ronny Lawton's estranged wife's place in chapter 11.

7. What things do Bill, Ronny, and the hostages do during the stand off?

8. How does Bill react to the puzzle he finds once he has solved it? Explain.

9. How does Linda Carter make Ronny Lawton seem in her television special?

10. How does Bill feel when he goes to Darlene's shop and is confronted by the female driven world that she and her customers live in?

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