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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 is the couple in Part 3 talking about as they walk home from the theater?

2. How does Johnny kill the convenience store clerk?

3. What does the survey taker note about one of the more recent victims?

4. Why does Johnny stop momentarily during his rampage in the cafe?

5. Which of these is NOT a reason Johnny cites for killing someone in the cafe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Johnny want to harm the first captive in Part 2?

2. How does Johnny feel about his second captive, the young woman, in Part 2?

3. What does the first captive in Part 2 ask Johnny to do, and why does he refuse?

4. What is the last thing Johnny writes in his "die-ary", in Part 2?

5. What is Squee's relationship with his parents like?

6. What comments does Johnny make, in Part 2, regarding his victims' last moments?

7. What does Happy Noodle Boy do, at the end of Part 3?

8. What are some of the reasons Johnny cites for killing people in the cafe, in Part 3?

9. Who is Devi, and what brings her and Johnny together?

10. How does Johnny feel about himself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tess learns some valuable lessons about the way she was living her life, through her captivity and experience at Johnny's. Why does she dislike Kirk and the other captives? Why did she spend so much time with Dillon, if she disliked him so much? What does she realize about the people with whom she associated herself? If she had escaped, what would she have changed? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Tess comments that she can't believe that she is leaving a house where jerks are kept in chains and tortured, to the outside world where they roam free. What service is Johnny providing to the general public? Is there anything redeeming in his activities? What might he do differently to be more of a benefit to society? Does he teach people anything, or simply gratify his own anger? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Johnny has a conversation with one of his captives about a theme which is prevalent in the book: internal versus external beauty. How does Johnny define "beauty"? Upon which of these characteristics does he place the most emphasis, and why? How does Johnny feel about himself? Is he beautiful internally, externally, both, or neither? Why? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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