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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. Why can't Jimmy donate a kidney to Annie?

2. What does Konrad assure Lorrie of?

3. Who does Konrad remind Lorrie of?

4. What languages does Punchinello learn in prison?

5. What is obviously missing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jimmy finally overcome Beezo?

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

3. What does Jimmy begin by explaining now?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How does Jimmy meet Lorrie? What events conspire to bond them together? How does Jimmy reveal both his strengths and his weaknesses to her during the time they are together? What does he do that ultimately saves her from an unknown fate? How is he affected when he stops Lorrie from being taken by Punchinello in his van?

Essay Topic 3

How does Konrad Beezo come into their lives? What does he want from Jimmy and Lorrie that they are not willing to give him? Why does he think he has a right to claim this? What events does he refer to that he believes gives him this right? How does Jimmy deal with him the first time? Where does he leave him and where are Jimmy and Lorrie going? Why doesn't Konrad pursue the issue?

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