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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 is Kurt doing when he has his health scare?
(a) Helping Todd study.
(b) Burying a wino.
(c) Killing a wino.
(d) Reading a book.

2. Who poses as Todd's grandfather?
(a) Kurt Dussander.
(b) His older brother.
(c) His uncle.
(d) Ed French.

3. How does the prison find out Andy is missing?
(a) Sam Norton sees him leave.
(b) Andy turns himself in.
(c) He misses role call.
(d) Another inmate squeals on him.

4. Why is Kurt Dussander in hiding?
(a) He's a Nazi.
(b) He is hiding from the Mob.
(c) He stole a car.
(d) He's not really hiding.

5. What health scare does Kurt endure?
(a) Fainting spell.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Stroke.
(d) Heart attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Todd's teacher suspicious about his grandfather?

2. What does Andy hide for someone to find after his escape?

3. How many rock hammers does Andy go through while in prison?

4. What was unique about the mail Red Smith receives?

5. Why is Red Smith suspicious of Andy wanting a rock hammer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why the postcard that Red Smith receives has nothing on it.

2. What does Todd say he will do if Kurt does not do what he says? Does Kurt agree to his demands?

3. Why is Andy Dufresne's wife, Linda Collins Dufresne, murdered?

4. What does Todd give Kurt for Christmas? Why does Todd do this and what does he make Kurt do with the present?

5. What does Kurt make Todd do after the meeting with Ed French? Why does this happen?

6. What do Kurt's stories about the concentration camps cause?

7. What do Todd's parents think of him?

8. Describe Andy Dufresne's prison cell.

9. What happens to Andy when he has a fight with the guard, Sam Norton and why does it occur?

10. Why is Kurt Dussander hiding in America?

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