View a FREE sample

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. Who does Jimmy bring to support his statements?

3. When is Lucy Jean born?

4. After setting their home on fire, what conditions does Konrad promise to return under?

5. What does Lorrie thank Jimmy for as they wend their way back up the embankment?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Jimmy keep his children from coming down stairs?

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

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

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

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

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 on the fifth terrible day that Josef Tock predicted? How does the Tock family respond when the doorbell rings? Who is standing there and what does he want? Why does he panic when Jimmy tries to refuse his delivery? What is the delivery and why does the boy's last comment unnerve Jimmy to some degree?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,182 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample