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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 is apparently part of Virgilio's manipulative style?

2. What does she have in her apron that she uses against him?

3. What does Punchinello ask Jimmy after Charlene leaves?

4. What is solipsism?

5. How does Beezo respond?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What news does Captain Huey Foster give Jimmy when he calls him out of the delivery room?

6. How is Jimmy able to overcome his fear and propel himself into action?

7. What surprise do Lorrie and Jimmy get when Agent Carson is sent over by Huey Foster?

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

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

10. How does Jimmy finally overcome Beezo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

What is the last thing Konrad Beezo does before he disappears the first time? What three things remain when it is all over? What is the significance of these three items? Which item gives Jimmy the creeps? Why? How is it even possible that one of these items survives? What is written on the card that links him to the day he was born?

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