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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. What does Jimmy do to avoid saying something dumb or insensitive?

2. What does Punch assure Jimmy?

3. When were Lorrie and Jimmy married?

4. What does Jimmy not tell Lorrie about the night of his birth?

5. Where is Jimmy born?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jimmy's family cope with the first of Grandfather Josef's five predicted terrible days?

2. What does Jimmy do to try to get away from the man in the Hummer?

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

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

5. What happens on the way to the hospital?

6. What motivates the three criminals to rob the Snow Village bank?

7. How does Jimmy manage to convince Lorrie to marry him?

8. What do Jimmy and Lorrie encounter as they are getting ready to leave for the hospital?

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

10. What do Lorrie and Jimmie argue about where Crinkles is concerned?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Jimmy meet Lorrie? What events conspire to bond them together? How does Jimmy reveal both his strengths and his weaknesses to her during the time they are together? What does he do that ultimately saves her from an unknown fate? How is he affected when he stops Lorrie from being taken by Punchinello in his van?

Essay Topic 2

What happens when Jimmy and Lorrie go to the Halloway Farm as requested? What do they see when they get there? What is requested of them by Virgilio Vivacemente? How do they respond? What is offered to Lorrie and Jimmy and what threat is made if they refuse? What do Lorrie and Jimmy conspire to do and how does it almost back fire? What happens to Jimmy? To Virgilio?

Essay Topic 3

When is the next time Jimmy and Lorrie see Konrad Beezo? How does he manage to get past their defenses? What does he use as a disguise to get into the house? Who does he impersonate? To what degree does he change his appearance? What does he want this time? How do Jimmy and Lorrie react to this request? What is the outcome of this encounter?

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