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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. How does Jimmy describe himself?

2. How big was Jimmy at birth?

3. Why is Lionel shot?

4. How many full time residents live in Snow Village?

5. What does the killer call himself?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Jimmy's surprising initial response to the killer's shooting of Lionel Davis?

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

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

5. What makes Jimmy nervous about the addition of Crinkles to the situation?

6. In what way does the killer reveal vulnerability?

7. What is so incredible about the predictions made by Josef in the hospital?

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

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

10. What happens to Konrad Beezo's wife during delivery of their son?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Lorrie reveal to Jimmie after they have managed to subdue and restrain Konrad Beezo? How does she explain the way she feels to him? What is she so grateful for, and why does she want him to know this now? What is so exceptionally different in her mind between her life and his? What does she admit to him that renders him speechless? How does it make him love her even more?

Essay Topic 2

How does Punch reveal an intimate part of himself during his meeting with Lorrie and Jimmy? What does he tell them that gives them a glimpse into his real self? How does he describe the way he wakes up at night? What is the symbolism of his revelations to Jimmy and Lorrie? How does Lorrie try to use this to convince him to donate a part of himself to keep Annie alive? Why is he so resentful?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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