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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. Why does Lorrie think Crinkles is the weakest link?
(a) He seems the most tired.
(b) She believes he likes her.
(c) He is slowest.
(d) He is the oldest.

2. Where do the clowns go with the money from the bank?
(a) To the library.
(b) To the street.
(c) To the market.
(d) To the Snow Mansion.

3. How does Lorrie try to get her purse?
(a) By saying she needed a kleenex.
(b) By admitting she needed hand cream.
(c) By telling him it was her time of the month.
(d) By telling him she needed medication.

4. What happened to Jimmy's Shelby?
(a) It was hit by a fire truck.
(b) It blew up.
(c) It was crushed by debris.
(d) It went into a sink hole.

5. When does the first of Jimmy's five ordeals come to pass?
(a) November 15, 1996.
(b) December 15, 1995.`
(c) September 15, 1994.
(d) September 15, 1995.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people had Punchinello killed in total?

2. How far away is the hospital?

3. Where does Jimmy go for his first errand?

4. Who regales Jimmy with the myriad of possibilities for disaster?

5. How many terrible days does Josef predict?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do most residents in Snow Village make their living?

2. How does Lorrie's demeanor help the situation that she and Jimmy find themselves in?

3. What does Lorrie reveal to Jimmy about her family?

4. What does Lorrie's mother do for a living, and what are her main sources of income from it?

5. What does Punchinello tell Jimmy and Lorrie about the day of his birth?

6. What is Jimmy's biggest problem around Lorrie?

7. Who arrives while they are talking to the killer and why does that buoy his spirits?

8. In what way does the killer reveal vulnerability?

9. What makes Jimmy decide to use the nail file on Punchinello?

10. What is the purpose of the tunnel and who built it?

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