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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 movie does Shauna say is an example of how people can edit and change things to make them seem more real?

2. When Jeremy opens Video Hut, what does he have to do first?

3. At the start of the novel, what lie does Jeremy make to a customer when she asks him why he is so tired?

4. What does Sarah Jane take with her after briefly visiting Video Hut after not being there for days?

5. What is Jeremy's father, Steve Heldt, doing when Jeremy returns home in Part One, Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Jeremy's excuses for not contacting the police after admitting the videos have similarities and are violent?

3. How does Lisa Sample answer Sarah Jane's questions about the farmhouse and the woman in the snapshot? What does Sarah Jane think after she leaves the farmhouse?

4. What are some reasons for why it is mysterious that Sarah Jane moves into Lisa's farmhouse?

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

6. What motives does Jeremy have to speak with Sarah Jane about possibly taking another job?

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

8. What is the overall theme of the Quote that precedes the novel?

9. How is the first added scene of the movie "Targets" described? Why is it odd?

10. At the start of the novel, what is Jeremy's reaction when Stephanie Parson's returns a video?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The videos with the added scenes are most critically scrutinized in Part One, Chapters 2-6. Jeremy, Stephanie, and Sarah Jane watch the videos and translate their contents in differing ways. How does each character feel about the added scenes? What specifically takes place in the videos that affect the characters' understanding of the purpose of the added scenes? What themes are brought to the surface from the substance of the videos? Provide particular quotes and descriptions of the videos to support your interpretations.

Essay Topic 2

Part Three, Chapter 4 is set in the future and casts Jeremy as a worker who is rebuilding a shed. His co-worker is surprised that Jeremy knows so much about old sheds and how they are made. Jeremy's memories of being at Lisa Sample’s years before overtake him, and new discoveries are presented through this experience. What does Jeremy explain about his experience at Lisa's house? How do his understandings and revealings relate to Jeremy's growth and change of character from past to present?

Essay Topic 3

The end of Part Three, Chapter 4 moves the story into the future, 16 months after Jeremy and Stephanie visited Lisa's farmhouse. The description of what took place is foggy at best, but major conclusions can be made about the plot. How does the author choose to chronicle the incident that takes place? What exactly happens to Jeremy and Stephanie and how do the previous chapters of the novel contribute to your understanding?

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