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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. What guarantee does Andy provide to Laurie the day before Jacob's school reopens?
(a) That God will provide what the community needs.
(b) That Jacob will be safe.
(c) That the school principal knows what he is doing.
(d) That he will catch the murderer.

2. Who takes over the prosecution of the case involving Ben's murder after Andy is removed?
(a) Lynn.
(b) Duffy.
(c) Schmidt.
(d) Neal.

3. What is NOT listed as a reason that Jacob hardly ever uses the telephone?
(a) He considers phone calls awkward.
(b) He considers phone calls inefficient.
(c) He considers phone calls too intimate.
(d) He considers phone calls archaic.

4. How does Andy say he feels about men of his father's generation?
(a) He loathes them.
(b) He fears them.
(c) He feels a childish attraction toward them as father figures.
(d) He feels a protective affinity for them.

5. What condition causes Neal to have to try to force his mouth closed?
(a) An overbite.
(b) A mouth full of teeth.
(c) An underbite.
(d) A wayward tooth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Andy states that a grand jury proceeding is not a what?

2. In addition to a Newton detective, who interviews Patz at the police station?

3. For what reason is Andy taken off the case of Ben's murder?

4. Who discovers Ben's dead body?

5. What decision is made regarding whether Jacob will testify at trial or not?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the ways in which Laurie changes as a result of Jacob's indictment.

2. What connection does Andy draw among "children, drunks, and schizophrenics" (129)?

3. Discuss one statement that Andy makes under oath and then names as a deception to the reader.

4. Who is Neal Logiudice?

5. What action does Dan Rifkin take against Andy once Jacob comes under suspicion?

6. What is posted on Facebook about a knife of Jacob's and by whom is it posted?

7. What qualities of Andy's character are revealed in the moment when Jacob learns about his grandfather's and great-grandfather's violent histories?

8. What qualities of Jonathan Klein's does Andy find reassuring?

9. In relation to Ben's murder, when does Andy testify in front of the grand jury?

10. What job does Andy hold at the time of Ben's murder, and how is he involved in the homicide response?

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