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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 Jimmy go back to Punchinello after they had left?
(a) He wants to ask him one more time.
(b) He thought he could still succeed.
(c) They forgot Annie's photograph.
(d) He couldn't give up.

2. What happens to Konrad Beezo.
(a) He catches pnemonia.
(b) He manages to escape.
(c) He kills a deputy.
(d) He follows them to the hospital.

3. What does Dr. Cornell tell Jimmy?
(a) Lorrie will never be the same.
(b) Lorrie has lost a kidney.
(c) Lorrie can have no more children.
(d) Lorrie has lost half her liver.

4. What happens when Lorrie's water breaks?
(a) Jimmy talks to Konrad.
(b) Jimmy cries.
(c) Jimmy loses consciousness.
(d) Jimmy is called to the phone.

5. What does Punchinello admit to Lorrie and Jimmy?
(a) That he despised the man who raised him.
(b) That he loved the life he had.
(c) That he had a loveless childhood.
(d) That his father lavished love on him.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lorrie reminds Punch that he is Annie's uncle, how does he respond?

2. What Doctor had Beezo killed the first time when Jimmy was born?

3. When the doorbell rings on the fifth terrible day, who is standing there?

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

5. How old is Annie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Punchinello sometimes wonder if he's real?

2. How is Jimmy able to overcome his fear and propel himself into action?

3. How are the Tock family prepared for the fifth terrible day?

4. What positive impact has prison had on Punchinello?

5. What does Jimmy begin by explaining now?

6. What precautions does Jimmy take when they leave the hospital with their new daughter, Annie?

7. After Jimmy's family arrives, and police deputies are standing guard, what phone call does Jimmy get?

8. What gives Jimmy's position away when he is waiting for the gunman to pass, and why is that fortuitous?

9. What fills Jimmy with a sense of foreboding?

10. What does Vivacemente reveal that he wants and why?

(see the answer keys)

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