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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. What color of rings does Walter wear?
(a) Green.
(b) Grey.
(c) Crimson.
(d) Turquoise.

2. Who goes out with Bill to the tornado bunker?
(a) Ronny's estranged and her kid.
(b) Ed and Sam.
(c) Sam and Pete.
(d) Darlene and Ed.

3. What is the name of Pete's "side kick?"
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Larry.
(c) Benny.
(d) Kenny.

4. What is "The Book of Wants?"
(a) A catalogue.
(b) A coloring book.
(c) A fiction book.
(d) A notebook.

5. What type of vegetable grows in the fields where the fire burns?
(a) Carrots.
(b) Corn.
(c) Zuccinni.
(d) Beans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does all of Sam's money go?

2. What does the bumper sticker on Ronny's estranged wife's boyfriend's truck read?

3. What crime is Bill accused of in chapter 14?

4. Why does Ronny ask for receipts?

5. Why does Ronny look extra muscular when Bill sees him in chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bill feel about his unfolding destiny by the end of the story?

2. Describe what Ronny's estranged wife's boyfriend is like.

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

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

5. How do Ed and Sam react when Bill shows them the letter he has deciphered?

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

7. How does Bill and Ronny Lawton's relationship change from the beginning of the story up to the hostage situation?

8. How is Bill treated when he is taken in for questioning about Ronny Lawton's disappearance?

9. Describe the puzzle that is left for Bill on his doorstep.

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

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