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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. What does Jimmy begin by revealing?
(a) His fear of the day to come.
(b) The reasons he wrote this book.
(c) His plan of retreat.
(d) The way he feels about the five days.

2. Why can't Jimmy donate a kidney to Annie?
(a) He is not a match.
(b) He is too large.
(c) He only has one kidney.
(d) He has hemangiomas of both kidneys.

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

4. What does the boy try to give Jimmy?
(a) A ticket.
(b) A box.
(c) A photo.
(d) A bouquet of flowers.

5. How many deputies show up at the hospital to guard against Konrad?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was stillborn Jimmy Tock buried?

3. What are Punch's three demands?

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

5. What does Lorrie suggest they do instead?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jimmy keep his children from coming down stairs?

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

3. How does Beezo manage to so completely fool Lorrie and Jimmy?

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

5. What positive impact has prison had on Punchinello?

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

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

8. What is so significant about the gunman's identity?

9. How does Punchinello first respond to the request for a kidney for Annie?

10. What does Konrad want from Lorrie and why does he feel he is entitled to it?

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