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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 fear do Annie and Lucy share?

2. Why is Jimmy relieved?

3. Where does Jimmy run?

4. What is her ailment?

5. What do Lorrie and Jimmy intend to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Jimmy begin by explaining now?

5. What fills Jimmy with a sense of foreboding?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What events conspire to force Lorrie and Jimmie to go and see Punchinello Beezo in the Penitentiary? What surprises do they learn just prior to going, and how do they convince Punchinello that they are telling him the truth? What birth defect do both Punchinello and Jimmy share? How did Punchinello talk his father into fixing this defect? When the defect is fixed, how does Punch still disappoint his father?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What is so amazing about the predictions made by Josef Tock? What physical condition is Josef in that makes his predictions such a surprise? What makes Jimmy believe in them without reservation? What do they find out after several predictions come true that makes the fact that Josef accurately predicted them even more amazing?

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