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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. When Lorrie reminds Punch that he is Annie's uncle, how does he respond?

2. How does Beezo respond?

3. When is Lucy Jean born?

4. What do Lorrie and Jimmy intend to do?

5. What does Lorrie suggest they do instead?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens that helps Jimmy and Lorrie to move on with their lives?

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

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

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

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

9. What positive impact has prison had on Punchinello?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Charlene explain the events that took place on the night that Punch and Jimmy were born? What events conspired to bring her to the decision that she made? Why was she so sure that she would never be caught in her deception? What harm did this deception cause if any? Who benefited? What did Charlene do with the child born to Madelaine? Where is the boy now?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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