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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Punchinello ask Jimmy after Charlene leaves?
(a) "Are you ever sorry for stabbing me?"
(b) "Do you ever think about me in here?"
(c) "Do you wonder what life might have been like?"
(d) "Do you sometimes wonder if you're real?"

2. Where does Vivacemente ask Jimmy to meet him?
(a) The town square.
(b) The library.
(c) The Halloway Farm.
(d) The Hathoway Farm.

3. When is the third terrible day predicted by Josef Tock?
(a) December 23rd, 2002.
(b) October 20, 2002.
(c) November 22, 2001.
(d) September 21, 2003.

4. What does Huey Foster call to tell them?
(a) Konrad Beezo is in jail.
(b) Konrad Beezo is in exile.
(c) Konrad Beezo is dead.
(d) He is sending Agent Porter Carson with good news.

5. What seems to be the obvious meeting place?
(a) The large red and white tent.
(b) The only tent in sight.
(c) The tent the limosine is in front of.
(d) The tent which has sounds coming from.

6. Where do Jimmy and Lorrie go the day before Thanksgiving?
(a) To the library.
(b) To the movies.
(c) To the Rocky Mountain Federal Penitentiary.
(d) To his parents house.

7. What talent does Punch admit he doesn't have?
(a) Compassionate ability.
(b) Aerial talent.
(c) Talent as a writer.
(d) Talent to be a clown.

8. After setting their home on fire, what conditions does Konrad promise to return under?
(a) When they have a son.
(b) When they find a new home.
(c) When they least expect it.
(d) When the moon is full.

9. What does Punchinello talk about as Lorrie explains Annie's condition?
(a) Charlene.
(b) Life outside.
(c) Prison.
(d) Vacations he'd like to take.

10. What does he tell his frightened girls?
(a) That they should go to their rooms.
(b) That a monster is downstairs.
(c) That they should run and hide.
(d) That they should call 911.

11. Who does Jimmy not see himself cast as?
(a) Jimmy Dean.
(b) Robin Hood.
(c) The Avenger.
(d) James Bond.

12. When does Lorrie finally come home?
(a) January 21st.
(b) January 11th.
(c) December 31st.
(d) January 2nd.

13. How had Nedra been killed by Konrad?
(a) Strangled.
(b) Stabbed.
(c) Smothered.
(d) Shot.

14. How many Vivacemente circuses does he claim to own?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

15. What secret does Jimmy reveal to Punch?
(a) That they are brothers.
(b) That he is remorseful.
(c) That he is his uncle.
(d) That their parents were switched.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lorrie thank Jimmy for as they wend their way back up the embankment?

2. What request does Punchinello make that Lorrie flatly refuses?

3. How did Beezo intend to get Lorrie up the hill?

4. What is the medical reason Jimmy and Lorrie go to see Punch?

5. What does the gunman fire at Jimmy?

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