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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 does Bessie do to make ends meet, even though she has crippling arthritis?
(a) Bookkeeper
(b) Library worker
(c) Sewing
(d) Bus person

2. What do people say about Gary when they talk about his art work?
(a) He is a sick man
(b) He doesn't understand art
(c) He is horrible
(d) He draws like a real artist

3. Who is the man who molested Nicole when she was around 6 years of age?
(a) Vern
(b) Bob
(c) Lee
(d) Ira

4. What is Gary's mental health diagnosis that limits his ability to plead an insanity defense?
(a) Psychotic
(b) Manic depressive
(c) Psychopath
(d) Schizophrenic

5. Campbell says that while suicide is a sin, paying for your sins with ______________ would not necessarily be wrong.
(a) Time in jail
(b) Just punishment
(c) Intentional suicide
(d) Money

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is AWOL from the army, but the army takes him back anyway?

2. What does Gary offer to Brenda as he knows they are going through tough times?

3. Gary writes in a letter that he thinks ____________ might return him to the world a happier person.

4. Who is the twelve-year-old girl Nicole and Gary invite into their bed?

5. What kind of shop does Vern own and that Gary eventually works at?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gary make April tell Brenda after the two spend the night together at the Holiday Inn?

2. Why do Nicole's other lovers become a bit unnerved by her and by her situation?

3. Describe the state of April, Nicole's sister, when Gary finds her at Nicole's mother's house.

4. Describe the character of Peter Galovan, a character who emerges in Book 1, Part 3.

5. What are the two causes for Gary's murderous behaviors, according to Grace, his apologist?

6. Why does Grace McGinnis eventually sever ties with Bessie and her clan?

7. Who will Gary live with after he gets out of prison?

8. What does Nicole pride herself on at the time when she meets Gary?

9. What does Gary do that shows he is an exceptionally strong man?

10. What is the coincidence that makes Nicole think she and Gary are somehow connected by the universe when they first meet?

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