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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. Where does Vivacemente ask Jimmy to meet him?

2. What does Huey Foster call to tell them?

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

4. How many security guards does the hospital have?

5. What languages does Punchinello learn in prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. What gives Jimmy's position away when he is waiting for the gunman to pass, and why is that fortuitous?

2. What does Lorrie do that takes Beezo by surprise?

3. What precautions does Jimmy take when they leave the hospital with their new daughter, Annie?

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. How does Punchinello first respond to the request for a kidney for Annie?

6. What three things does Punchinello want to get in return for any cooperation?

7. What positive impact has prison had on Punchinello?

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

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

10. What details must Jimmy attend to when they get to the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens when Jimmy and Lorrie go to the Halloway Farm as requested? What do they see when they get there? What is requested of them by Virgilio Vivacemente? How do they respond? What is offered to Lorrie and Jimmy and what threat is made if they refuse? What do Lorrie and Jimmy conspire to do and how does it almost back fire? What happens to Jimmy? To Virgilio?

Essay Topic 2

What events does Punchinello Beezo describe to Lorrie and Jimmy? How do these events differ from the events as Jimmy knows them? Why do the back issues of the Snow Village newspaper upset Beezo? What does he do when he reads about the incident that involved his father at the time of his birth? Who does he ultimately hold responsible?

Essay Topic 3

How did Konrad Beezo know that Lorrie was due and had gone into labor? From where did he monitor her and how did he gain access to this convenient post? What does Huey Foster of the Snow Valley police department discover when he goes to Nedra's house? What condition does he find her in that upsets him to such a degree? What has Konrad done to her that is unusual and degrading?

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