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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 Jimmy relieved?

2. Where was stillborn Jimmy Tock buried?

3. What do Jimmy and Lorrie immediately realize?

4. How many Vivacemente circuses does he claim to own?

5. What does Punchinello talk about as Lorrie explains Annie's condition?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jimmy finally overcome Beezo?

2. How does Beezo manage to so completely fool Lorrie and Jimmy?

3. Why does Punchinello sometimes wonder if he's real?

4. What prompts Charlene to give one of the twins to Rudy and Madelaine in place of the child they had that was stillborn?

5. What does Konrad want from Lorrie and why does he feel he is entitled to it?

6. What does Vivacemente reveal that he wants and why?

7. How are the Tock family prepared for the fifth terrible day?

8. What does Jimmy begin by explaining now?

9. What window into Punch's reality does he open for Jimmy to see?

10. What is so significant about the gunman's identity?

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

What fears do Annie and Lucy share? How are they described by the girls? How is their fear different from the fear that Adam has? Why is Adam's fear strangely like a premonition? How do the fears that the two girls share save them from the sight of Konrad dead, and their mother injured on the floor in the kitchen? What does Jimmie tell them to get them to stay away despite their fear?

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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