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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. Who is Walter?
(a) A diviner and part time private eye.
(b) A witchdoctor.
(c) A reporter from another city.
(d) A door to door salesman.

2. What does Bill find spread all throughout Sam's house when he goes to check up on him?
(a) Photographs.
(b) Candles.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Brochures.

3. Where does all of Sam's money go?
(a) A trust fund.
(b) Running the paper.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Sandwich supplies.

4. What is left for Bill in the office in chapter 16?
(a) Photographs.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Brochures.
(d) Letters.

5. What does the bumper sticker on Ronny's estranged wife's boyfriend's truck read?
(a) If you can read this then you are too close.
(b) Back off!
(c) Dangerous Driver!
(d) So many cats, so few recipies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who keeps calling on the phone during the hostage situation?

2. What type of vegetable grows in the fields where the fire burns?

3. What nickname does Bill give to Ronny's estranged wife's kid?

4. What is the name of the waitress who serves Bill, Ronny's estranged, and her kid in chapter 11?

5. Where does Bill fall asleep at the end of chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What things do Bill, Ronny, and the hostages do during the stand off?

2. What is the relationship like between Bill, Sam, and Ed by chapter 12? How do they treat each other?

3. How does Lucas get treated when he misbehaves in chapter 10? What does he do wrong?

4. How does Bill feel when he goes to Darlene's shop and is confronted by the female driven world that she and her customers live in?

5. Describe what Ronny's estranged wife's boyfriend is like.

6. Describe the puzzle that is left for Bill on his doorstep.

7. What offer does Ronny Lawton make to Bill over and over about his estranged wife? What is Bill's response?

8. How does Linda Carter make Ronny Lawton seem in her television special?

9. How has Bill and Pete's relationship changed by chapter 13?

10. How do Ed and Sam react when Bill shows them the letter he has deciphered?

(see the answer keys)

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