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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 reason does Andy give for saying that Neal's shopping spree for new suits had been a mistake?
(a) Neal tends to preen in his new costumes.
(b) Neal is concentrating on the wrong issues.
(c) Neal is sending the wrong message to the jury.
(d) The new suits are ill-fitting and wrinkled.

2. What are the only types of visits allowed at the prison where Andy's father is housed?
(a) Conjugal visits.
(b) Supervised visits.
(c) Five-minute visits.
(d) No-contact visits.

3. In what month does Jacob's trial for murder begin?
(a) May.
(b) June.
(c) October.
(d) December.

4. Andy tells the reader that by the time of his visit to Derek's house, Laurie had lost so much weight that what?
(a) Her hip bones protruded.
(b) Her face looked hollow.
(c) Her eyes were sunken.
(d) Her spine was visible.

5. Who admits that in addition to Andy wanting to pursue Patz as a suspect in Ben's murder, he had also wanted to pursue Patz?
(a) Billy.
(b) Duffy.
(c) Neal.
(d) Jacob.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a diagnosis Dr. Vogel names in relation to Jacob's diagnoses?

2. Andy tells the reader that there are two juries--one in court, and one where?

3. What type of pornography does Derek say Jacob reads online?

4. What allusion is being used within Dr. Vogel's psychiatric diagnosis of Jacob?

5. What type of contact are Jacob and Derek maintaining at the time of Andy's visit to Derek's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe details about the mysterious car that Andy believes is following him at a certain point in the narrative.

2. How does William Landay use a sailboat to create a simile about the timeline of a trial?

3. What is the outcome of Dr. Vogel's DNA tests?

4. In what ways do classmates of Jacob's express to Andy their thoughts about Jacob's true nature?

5. What reason does Andy give for granting Dr. Vogel's request for a particular item?

6. What is the significance of Sarah's inability to understand Andy's allusion to Cliff Huxtable?

7. How does the epigraph included at the start of Part Three depict the theme of nature versus nurture?

8. What does Jacob's iPod Touch symbolize?

9. Once Andy agrees to provide Dr. Vogel with the item she requests, what new task does she put in front of Andy?

10. What is the judge's ruling about the introduction of evidence relating to the murder gene?

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