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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 ensure Lorrie's safety?

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

3. What time does Lorrie leave?

4. What does Punch assure Jimmy?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What remarkable things does Josef tell Rudy?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What happens on the way to the hospital?

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

10. What makes Jimmy decide to use the nail file on Punchinello?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 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?

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