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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 Gary rob second in order to get money he needs for his truck payment?
(a) Motel
(b) Bank
(c) Gas station
(d) Drug store

2. What does Nicole use in her half-hearted suicide attempt after visiting Gary one day?
(a) Sleeping pills
(b) Ibuprofen
(c) Blade from disposable razor
(d) Rope

3. What makes Nicole feel even more moved by the depth of Gary's soul?
(a) He cries for his mother
(b) He loves her children
(c) He gives her money
(d) He wants to marry her

4. Why can't Nicole take her car to go see Gary at the prison?
(a) She lost her license
(b) She hurt her foot
(c) It was stolen
(d) It is broken

5. Why does April refuse to have sex with Gary when they are at the Provo Holiday Inn?
(a) She is feeling paranoid
(b) She has a boyfriend
(c) She is a virgin
(d) She has a headache

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of cases are rare in Provo, making Gary's case one in a lifetime?

2. The Mormon majority believes that man does go on to become a ______________ and inherits one of the many unused planets when he dies.

3. What is the profession of Grace McGinnis?

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

5. What does Gary steal in response to his problems with the truck dealership?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Gary acts as a worker at Vern's shop.

2. Describe Nicole when she meets Gary as the age of twenty.

3. What are some of the good times Bessie and Gary shared between his prison sentences?

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

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

6. What happened to Nicole's Mustang which makes her have to hitchhike in order to see Gary in prison?

7. What does Sterling attribute to causing the bond between himself and Gary?

8. What is one of the first signs in the book that Gary might have feelings for younger girls?

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

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

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