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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What picture does Bill consider to be the most important in a story?
(a) The yearbook picture.
(b) The employee of the month picture.
(c) The graduation picture.
(d) The wedding picture.

2. Which music artist does Bill play for Ronny Lawton when he visits him at work?
(a) Frank Sinatra.
(b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
(c) Duke Ellington.
(d) Elvis.

3. What country is Bill's grandfather originally from?
(a) Spain.
(b) China.
(c) Russia.
(d) England.

4. Where does Diane live?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New Mexico.

5. What do the men of town of days gone by do for fun on warm nights?
(a) Go to the loval pool.
(b) Go to the bakery.
(c) Go to the burger stand.
(d) Go to the drive in theater.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time does Bill arrive at Ronny Lawton's place in chapter 2?

2. How does Bill like his coffee?

3. What time is it when Linda Carter appears outside of the County Courthouse?

4. What type of snake is Paul?

5. How does Bill feel when he sees Darlene cuddling Gretchen like an infant?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Bill's town was like before all of the factories shut down.

2. How did Bill feel about finding the possible murder weapon in Ronny Lawton's estranged wife's yard? What does he do with it?

3. List some of the physical traits the waitresses at Denny's have.

4. What are some of the questions Ronny's estranged wife asks Bill when she calls him in chapter 10?

5. Who is Gretchen? Describe her.

6. How does Ronny Lawton's estranged wife know Darlene?

7. Why is Bill always leaving messages on his girlfriend's machine?

8. Describe the phenomenon that is Linda Carter.

9. List the reasons why Ronny Lawton does not want to lose what he has in life at this moment.

10. Why does Sam get angry at Bill over his Rocky commentary piece he presents him with?

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