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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 does Bill call Pete in chapter 5 after the incident with the teenagers?
(a) A psycho.
(b) A sadist.
(c) A softy.
(d) A masochist.

2. What does Bill's mother demand when she finds out she is pregnant?
(a) Money.
(b) A car.
(c) Marriage.
(d) A house.

3. What does Sam always say about his health?
(a) That he has memory loss.
(b) That he has leprosy.
(c) That he has cancer.
(d) That he has diabetes.

4. What is Ed Hoskin doing at the beginning of chapter 2?
(a) Eating a cheeseburger.
(b) Watching television.
(c) Writing the outline of a new story.
(d) Developing prints in the dark room.

5. What type of snake is Paul?
(a) A constrictor.
(b) A rattlesnake.
(c) A cobra.
(d) A garden snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bill's father was what in his youth?

2. Who is with Bill's father when he dies?

3. What is wrong with the factories in town now?

4. During what year of college does Bill receive psychiatric help?

5. How long is Paul?

Short Essay Questions

1. List four of Bill's "tools of the trade" he has on his desk.

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

3. Describe one of the ways Bill's grandfather used to make money off of ice.

4. Why is Sam always in a state of panic over the paper?

5. List some of the features offered at the Florida retirement community Sam contemplates in chapter 9.

6. Describe the final few hours of Bill's father's life.

7. Describe Bill's mother.

8. Why does the town collectively feel that Ronny Lawton killed his father for sure?

9. List some of the signs that give evidence to Ed and his illness.

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

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