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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. Why is Honker on the team?

2. How much time is left before the bombs go off when Jimmy begins loading?

3. Who do they collectively remind Jimmy of?

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

5. What does Jimmy tell Lorrie about her looks?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens on the way to the hospital?

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

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

4. What does Jimmy tell Punch in an effort to ensure that no harm will come to Lorrie?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What remarkable things does Josef tell Rudy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Jimmy propose to Lorrie? What things does he reveal to her during his proposal? What does this tell the reader about his personality and the type of character he is? Why does Lorrie turn him down at first? What does Jimmy do that changes her mind? How does she explain the reason that she turned him down, and what request does she make of him at that time?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Lorrie write the last few chapters of Jimmy's memoir's? What conclusions does the reader draw from the fact that Jimmy does not finish the story of his five terrible days? Where does Lorrie's version of events begin? How does she start her narration and in what ways is it similar to the narration as it was originally written by Jimmy?

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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