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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 do they follow to the hospital?

2. What startles Jimmy and gives away his position?

3. What does the gunman fire at Jimmy?

4. What happened to the real Jimmy Tock?

5. After a month passes, what comes up that they see as an omen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What birth defect does Jimmy inquire about that reduces Punchinello to tears and why does it?

2. What does Punchinello finally agree to do the surgery in return for?

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

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

5. After Jimmy's family arrives, and police deputies are standing guard, what phone call does Jimmy get?

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

7. How do they react when Andy is born, considering the threat Beezo made when he burned down their home?

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

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

10. What does the doorbell reveal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What are the reasons that Punchinello Beezo, Crinkles and Honker give for committing the robbery of the Snow Village Bank? Why do each of the reasons differ? What motivates Punch to commit this crime? What motivates Honker? What is Crinkles reason? Why does Punch bring hostages? How do Crinkles and Honker respond when they see Lorrie and Jimmie?

Essay Topic 3

What do Jimmy and Lorrie ask of Punchinello? How does he respond to this request? Why does Jimmy go back in to see him after they had already left? What changes Punch's mind? What one request does he have in return for the precious gift they require of him? Why does Jimmy so readily agree? Does Jimmy ever intend to fulfill his part of this agreement? Why not?

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