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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. How many people were killed in the house during the kidnapping described in the newspaper in Chapter Eight?

2. What does the store clerk grab for protection in Chapter Twelve?

3. How much money does the FBI Agent in Chapter Eleven tell Hank the kidnappers demanded?

4. What happened to the pilot's face in the airplane, according to Hank in Chapter Eight?

5. To what does Hank sell Jacob's truck in Chapter Eight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What newspaper clippings does Hank discover in Chapter Eight?

2. What mode of action does Hank begin to question in Chapter Nine at night?

3. What does Hank discover from the FBI about the missing money in Chapter Eleven?

4. What effect does the snow have on Hank in Chapter Nine? Why?

5. Where does Hank go with Sheriff McKellroy and Collins after the station in Chapter Eleven? Why?

6. Who found Carl's body? Where? Who tells Hank?

7. Whom is Hank asked to identify in Chapter Eleven?

8. What does Hank attempt to justify to Sarah in Chapter Seven?

9. Whose funerals does Hank attend in Chapter Eight? What stories emerge?

10. What do the FBI agents respond after hearing Hank's statement in Chapter Eleven?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Dwight Penderson in the narrative and his role in the plot of the novel. Why did Penderson approach Jacob?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss Hank, Lou, and Jacob's actions and objectives in taking Lou to Wrangler's in Chapter Six. What does Hank hope will come of the setup? What are Jacob's hopes for the situation?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the actions of Hank in Chapters Six and Seven. What led to Hank's shooting his brother? How does he feel about it afterward? What does Jacob know or recall about the events?

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