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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 was the second letter from Cooper talking about?

2. Who was the author of the book?

3. How did he kill them?

4. What was the name of the book Jeremy had read?

5. What was an unsettling thought when Lindsey had looked in the window reflection?

Short Essay Questions

1. Hatch retains two mementos of the events that occurred. What are they and what is their significance?

2. Why does Vassago hurt Loffman anyway?

3. How does Jeremy get Lindsey's address finally?

4. When Jeremy grabs Regina, he doesn't leave right away. Why not? How does he subdue her?

5. What are Regina's first impressions when Hatch and Lindsey take her home?

6. What other events of importance does Jeremy remember?

7. What concerns do Lindsey and Hatch have about Regina at this stage?

8. What action does Vassago feel will bring him closer to Lindsey?

9. Vassago reveals the details of his escape from the slavery of the rules of society and reveals that his christian name was Jeremy. How and why did this occur?

10. What information is Vassago/Jeremy trying to elicit from Honell before he kills him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Regina. What is the interest of the embodiment of good regarding Regina? What is the interest of the embodiment of evil regarding the young girl? What does she embody, and what brings the reader to this conclusion?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss what elements of fiction are contrived in the serial murders of Vassago/Jeremy. How would anything of this caliber be unlikely to be achievable in the real world?

Essay Topic 3

Explain Jeremy's behavior while he was still a boy. What should have been done with him following resuscitation? Provide an explanation as to why this wasn't done? How might the plot have been changed if this would have happened to Jeremy instead?

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