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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. When does Jeremy's mother, Linda, die according to Steve in Part One, Chapter 9?
(a) Winter of 1984, Christmastime.
(b) Summer of 1993, around the 4th of July.
(c) Winter of 1994, Christmastime.
(d) Spring of 1994, right after St. Patrick's Day.

2. Who does Steve claim to see in a clip from the movie that he watches with Jeremy and Shauna after dinner?
(a) Steve claims that there is a brief shot of a man with blood running down his nose.
(b) Steve claims that he sees his wife, Linda.
(c) Steve tells Jeremy and his girlfriend that he sees a woman tied to a chair.
(d) Steve tells his girlfriend that he sees a woman running down a road, and that they should not tell Sarah Jane, because it will upset her.

3. What advice does Stephanie give to Jeremy during their meeting in Part One, Chapter 10?
(a) Stephanie requests that Jeremy watch Sarah Jane closely.
(b) Stephanie tells Jeremy that he needs to go someplace and get away from home.
(c) Stephanie demands that Jeremy not tell anyone about their meeting, because it will cause trouble.
(d) Stephanie tells Jeremy that he should quit his job at Video Hut.

4. What is Jeremy's father, Steve Heldt, doing when Jeremy returns home in Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) Steve is watching a movie.
(b) Steve is yelling at Jeremy's mother, Lisa Sample.
(c) Steve is making dinner.
(d) Steve is cleaning the gutters.

5. Where did Steve meet Jeremy's mother, Linda?
(a) Steve and Linda grew up close to each other.
(b) Steve met Linda when she was his waitress at a diner he went to often.
(c) Steve met Linda at college.
(d) Steve met Linda through mutual friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wants Sarah Jane to return to the videos, because it is time, in Part One, Chapter 10?

2. What is the name of the other video store Stephanie says she is going to visit after speaking with Jeremy?

3. Why does Sarah Jane tell Jeremy that she should have called him and let him come to work late according to Part One, Chapter 3?

4. In one of the scenes from "Targets," where is the woman in the chair placed?

5. What note does Sarah Jane make about the "She's All That" video?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sarah Jane lie to Jeremy about her trip to Collins?

2. How does Jeremy feel about holiday conversations as described in Part One, Chapter 2?

3. In Steve's final paragraph in his journal, how is it both tender and full of fear?

4. How do you know that Jeremy is curious about Sarah Jane and the videos? What conversation does he have with Stephanie to prove this?

5. How does the suggestion that Steve keep a journal from his therapist, Ken Wahl, help Steve overcome some of his grief from losing his wife?

6. What metaphor does the narrator make about snakes in Part One, Chapter 10? How does this metaphor apply to greater themes in the novel?

7. What does Jeremy do after his father goes to sleep at the end of Part One, Chapter 4? Why does he do it?

8. How does Steve's date go with Shauna Kinzer? How does Jeremy feel about this new relationship?

9. How does Sarah Jane respond to the videos after she views them?

10. Why does Jeremy think that his father, Steve, is truly fixing the gutter during the day when Jeremy returns home from work?

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