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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. What color of rings does Walter wear?

2. Who is taken hostage in chapter 15?

3. Who does Bill go to see at the end of chapter 12?

4. What type of fast food does Bill pick up before going over to Ronny's estranged wife's place?

5. What does Bill find spread all throughout Sam's house when he goes to check up on him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe how Bill reacts after finding Ronny Lawton's father's head in the bunker.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The letter Bill receives is a source of trouble in The Keepers of Truth. When people become suspicious that he had something to do with it, he does little to discredit their assumptions.

Write an essay that explains why Bill is so non responsive to people's opinions about him. Does he care what his colleagues or the town think of him? Which if any characters take his side in the situation? Reference the novel to support your argument.

Essay Topic 2

Ronny Lawton's disposition went through a radical change the night he was beaten by his father for taking his mother out. Before that night he worked hard to provide the things his father could not.

Write an essay that explains the changes Ronny went through. How do these changes impact Ronny's character as the story goes forward? By the end, is any semblance of his old personality evident or has he changed forever? Why or why not? Reference the novel to support your argument.

Essay Topic 3

Ronny Lawton's father's body is never found. Bill knows it exists somewhere, and he can't ignore that fact.

Write an essay exploring Bill's ideas of extinction and evolution in the context of the story. How does he view the conclusion to the Ronny Lawton case? What do his ideas of extinction and evolution have to do with it? How does he tie these ideas in to the closing of the factories? Reference the novel to support your points.

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