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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. When were Lorrie and Jimmy married?

2. What does Jimmy do for a living?

3. What color is Honker's hair?

4. How was the widow Jeeter killed?

5. Why does Lorrie think Crinkles is the weakest link?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Konrad take the death of his wife and why?

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

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

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

8. What happens on the way to the hospital?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What events alter several lives on the day that Jimmy is born? How does Konrad react to the condition of his wife during her delivery? What does he do when the delivery is over? Who does he hold responsible for the events that take place in the delivery room? What does he do that changes Jimmy's life forever? How long does it take before Jimmy knows the truth?

Essay Topic 2

How many murders does Punchinello commit before the police take him into custody? What is the reason that he kills his first victim? Why does he kill the next victims? What reason does he have for committing the next murder? What kind of gift does he call it, and who is the gift for? Why is the gift obtained under somewhat dishonest circumstances?

Essay Topic 3

How does Charlene explain the events that took place on the night that Punch and Jimmy were born? What events conspired to bring her to the decision that she made? Why was she so sure that she would never be caught in her deception? What harm did this deception cause if any? Who benefited? What did Charlene do with the child born to Madelaine? Where is the boy now?

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