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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. How many stories does the Middlesex County Courthouse have?
(a) 13.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 16.
2. Whom does Andy find in the upstairs bedroom of Ben's family's home when he goes to retrieve an object?
(a) Ben's sister.
(b) Ben's grandmother.
(c) Ben's mother.
(d) Ben's father.
3. When Andy characterizes himself as extremely conventional, what does he say about Jonathan Klein's personality?
(a) Unpredictable.
(b) Vaguely bohemian.
(c) Wildly creative.
(d) Accomplished at lying.
4. What guarantee does Andy provide to Laurie the day before Jacob's school reopens?
(a) That Jacob will be safe.
(b) That he will catch the murderer.
(c) That God will provide what the community needs.
(d) That the school principal knows what he is doing.
5. One morning while on a run, Andy alters his route of late and goes to whose apartment?
(a) Matthew's.
(b) Duffy's.
(c) Patz's.
(d) Neal's.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Jacob claim to have gotten the military knife?
2. When Dan tells Andy that it does not matter what happens to him now that Ben is dead, what is NOT an example he provides?
3. How old had Neal been when he joined the District Attorney's office?
4. Andy tells Duffy that who will make a fool of Duffy in court if Duffy does not run a clean and thorough investigation?
5. How many days after Ben's murder does his family hold the shiva?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Andy and Laurie confront Jacob about the knife Andy found in Jacob's room?
2. In relation to Ben's murder, when does Andy testify in front of the grand jury?
3. Explain the significance of the chapter title "Mindfuck" (34).
4. What is posted on Facebook about a knife of Jacob's and by whom is it posted?
5. Discuss the ways in which Laurie changes as a result of Jacob's indictment.
6. Discuss one statement that Andy makes under oath and then names as a deception to the reader.
7. Discuss the meaning of the epigraph for Part One of the novel.
8. What connection does Andy draw among "children, drunks, and schizophrenics" (129)?
9. Discuss one coping mechanism Andy uses to get through Jacob's murder trial.
10. What major realization about life does Andy describe arriving at as a result of meeting Laurie in college?
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