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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. Which of the following characters does Richard shoot and kill?
(a) Ruta Beth Tull.
(b) Jen Pewtie.
(c) CD Henderson.
(d) Holly Pepper.

2. Who informs the investigating police of Lamar's final location?
(a) Ruta Beth.
(b) Holly.
(c) Richard.
(d) Bud.

3. Where did Richard go to art school?
(a) Columbia University.
(b) The Art Institute of Pittsburgh.
(c) The Maryland Institute.
(d) Otis College.

4. What is the name of Odell's mother?
(a) Cardinal.
(b) Camilla.
(c) Corrinne.
(d) Candice.

5. How does Jen feel about Bud's performance at the tattoo parlor shootout?
(a) She is apathetic.
(b) She is proud.
(c) She is angry.
(d) She is confused.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following words do the gangsters at the end of the novel use to describe a particularly dangerous criminal?

2. Where does Bud take his family for dinner to celebrate Russ' admittance into an Ivy League school?

3. How many homes does Bud check before giving up on the tire print from the car?

4. Which of the following painkillers does Bud start taking after the shootout at the tattoo parlor?

5. How does Lamar feel about the amount of money they stole during the restaurant robbery?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bud sneak out of the hospital to visit CD Henderson?

2. What does the art curator at the museum say the symbolism is of lions in art?

3. How does the public respond when Bud is once again put in the hospital after a shootout with Lamar and his gang?

4. What excuse does Bud give as to why he cannot move in with Holly?

5. Why is Bud's son, Jeff, arrested?

6. How does Bud react when he first arrives at the Tull farm, knowing Lamar and his gang are hiding out there?

7. What happens after Jeff's final baseball game with his team?

8. How does Lamar cope with his growing grief after Odell's death?

9. Why does Lamar call Bud in the middle of the night, waking him from sleep?

10. Why is Lamar depressed after the Denny's robbery?

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