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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 does Bob Maples say he is as straight as?

2. What is the name of the city sheriff?

3. What does Lou say the bums always size him up for?

4. What does Lou grind into the bum's palm?

5. What was Mike in jail for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lou kill Elmer and Joyce?

2. Why is Bob so upset when he arrives back at the hotel?

3. Why does Lou say he agrees to marry Amy?

4. Why does Lou say his car could not have possible made the tracks in the weeds?

5. Why is Bob angry at Hendricks in Chapter 8?

6. How does Lou implicate Chester as the murderer?

7. How does Lou deal with Joyce in Chapter 2?

8. Why does Hendricks claim he is questioning Lou in Chapter 8?

9. Why does Rothman contact Lou in this section?

10. Why does Lou say he doesn't need a weapon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what does Lou suggest his upbringing is partly responsible for his sickness? What evidence is the book that this may just be an excuse?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the first person point of view.

1. In what way could you describe the narration as unreliable?

2. What do you think the other characters say about Lou when he is not there?

3. How would the story change if it was told in the third person?

Essay Topic 3

How do the other characters manage to catch out Lou? What leads to Lou's downfall? Is there a suggestion Lou wants to be caught?

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