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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 graduation picture.
(b) The yearbook picture.
(c) The wedding picture.
(d) The employee of the month picture.

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

3. What does Gretchen do to try and comfort Darlene?
(a) Have a false stroke.
(b) Have a false allergy.
(c) Have a false pregnancy.
(d) Have a false limp.

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

5. Which important test did Bill fail when he took it?
(a) VCAT.
(b) ACT.
(c) LSAT.
(d) SAT.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drug is found on the teenagers that get pulled over in chapter 5?

2. What attitude do the customer's at Ronny Lawton's work have toward him?

3. How does Bill's family's dog die?

4. What time does Ronny Lawton's estranged wife go into work at?

5. At what time does Ronny Lawton file the missing person's report on his father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. List some of the negative ways Ronny Lawton's estranged treats her child.

4. How does Pete react when Bill presents him with the possible murder weapon? Why?

5. List three of the four big newspapers that pick up the Ronny Lawton story.

6. Describe what "Car Theft" is by Darlene's definition.

7. Who does Darlene consider to be her "children" since she has none of her own?

8. Why does Bill say that "the written word is dead?"

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

10. Describe Bill's mother.

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