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

2. How is this story presented?

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

4. Who does the killer shoot first?

5. What does Lorrie hope to use as a weapon?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What things does Jimmy reveal about himself to Lorrie before he proposes?

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

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

7. What remarkable things does Josef tell Rudy?

8. What is the most significant curiosity regarding Jimmy's family's relationship to food?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens on the fifth terrible day that Josef Tock predicted? How does the Tock family respond when the doorbell rings? Who is standing there and what does he want? Why does he panic when Jimmy tries to refuse his delivery? What is the delivery and why does the boy's last comment unnerve Jimmy to some degree?

Essay Topic 2

What events conspire to force Lorrie and Jimmie to go and see Punchinello Beezo in the Penitentiary? What surprises do they learn just prior to going, and how do they convince Punchinello that they are telling him the truth? What birth defect do both Punchinello and Jimmy share? How did Punchinello talk his father into fixing this defect? When the defect is fixed, how does Punch still disappoint his father?

Essay Topic 3

What do Jimmy and Lorrie ask of Punchinello? How does he respond to this request? Why does Jimmy go back in to see him after they had already left? What changes Punch's mind? What one request does he have in return for the precious gift they require of him? Why does Jimmy so readily agree? Does Jimmy ever intend to fulfill his part of this agreement? Why not?

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