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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. What does the butler warn the members of the club at 249B not to do?

2. What do Teddy and Vern do when the four friends begin to separate?

3. Who is Kurt's roommate at the hospital?

4. What is the weather like on the night Sandra goes into labor?

5. Who is the butler at the club at 249B?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the fate of Chris Chambers.

2. What do the four friends, Chris, Vern, Gordon and Teddy, do while they are on their adventure to find the body of Ray Brower?

3. What happens when a stand off ensues between Gordon, Chris, Teddy and Vern and Ace Merrill's gang?

4. What did Emlyn do during the years after Sandra's death?

5. Describe the fate of Vern.

6. Describe the club at 249B.

7. Describe the scene when Sandra goes into labor and arrives at the hospital.

8. Describe the location where Ray Brower's body is found.

9. What happens when Ace Merrill's gang sees Chris, Vern, Teddy and Gordon at the site of Ray Brower's body?

10. What does Kurt do after he finds out he has been turned in to authorities for being a Nazi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Apt Pupil: Todd Bowden begins to have nightmares after hearing Kurt's stories of the concentration camps and his role in commanding them. Why do you think Todd continued to listen to the stories instead of stopping his visits to Kurt's house? What motivated their meetings and what, if anything, were they getting out of them?

Essay Topic 2

Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption: After Andy Dufresne escapes from Shawshank Prison, he goes to Mexico to live as well as hide. The story ends and we never find out what happens to him. Do you think Andy is ever found by police? Do you think Sam Norton would let Andy's escape go since he knew the truth of his innocence? Justify your answer with what you know about Sam Norton from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Apt Pupil: After the meeting Kurt has with Ed French about Todd's failing grades, Kurt makes Todd study when he visits. What role does Kurt take on for Todd and why might this be important to the objective of "Apt Pupil".

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