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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. How does Johnny write his final comments, at the end of Part 5?

2. What happens to the little boy in the Happy Noodle Boy strip, in Part 5?

3. What does Johnny confess at the end of the first strip of Part 4?

4. What does Johnny write, at the end of Part 5?

5. Why does the young woman choose not to save the people in the room she encounters on her way out of Johnny's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the topic of the public service announcement in Part 4?

2. What is everyone in Heaven doing, and why?

3. What happens when Tess and Kirk encounter the room full of captives, in Part 5?

4. What happens to Johnny at the end of Part 4?

5. How does Johnny feel when he returns from Hell?

6. What does Johnny reveal to Squee, in Part 4?

7. What problems does Johnny encounter in Hell?

8. What do the Dough Boys discuss with Tess and Kirk, in Part 5?

9. What does Nail Bunny say, in Part 4, about Johnny's hobbies before the killing?

10. Who is Anne Gwish, and what is revealed about her character in Part 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Johnny meets the Devil in Part 6. How is the Devil depicted? What do Johnny and the Devil talk about? What is the purpose of Hell, and why are its inhabitants there? What information does the Devil give to Johnny? Why is he able to get this information from the Devil, but not from God? 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 claims that violence in the media is only a problem if those watching it are idiots; this is the opposite of the commonly-heard argument that violence in the media is desensitizing, and creates violence in real life. Which point of view do you agree with? Is media violence only dangerous if it isn't put into context, and if those watching it cannot distinguish it as fiction and not reality? Or, is any amount of violence damaging because it diminishes our natural responses to horrific sights and actions? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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