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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. How is Mike Dean related to Lou?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His step brother.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His foster brother.

2. What does Hendricks say is the one thing he knows?
(a) People.
(b) Criminals.
(c) Women.
(d) The law.

3. What does Lou say he got rid of when he killed Joyce?
(a) The monkey on his back.
(b) His sickness.
(c) The town's evil.
(d) His brother's memory.

4. What was founded in 1870?
(a) Central City.
(b) Hombre County.
(c) Jefferson County.
(d) Wake City.

5. What does Lou think they should do to the Negros?
(a) Lynch them.
(b) Give them decent jobs.
(c) Send them to the north.
(d) Ship them back to Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lou's father do for a living?

2. What kind of trees stand in front of Joyce's house?

3. What does Lou claim everyone is capable of listening to?

4. Where had the woman's gun permit been issued?

5. Why does Conway want to fly Joyce in to Fort Worth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lou say his car could not have possible made the tracks in the weeds?

2. How does Chester react to Elmer's death?

3. How does Lou kill Elmer and Joyce?

4. Why does Hendricks claim he is questioning Lou in Chapter 8?

5. Why does Lou say he agrees to marry Amy?

6. Why is Bob angry at Hendricks in Chapter 8?

7. How did Mike die?

8. Why does Rothman contact Lou in this section?

9. Why is Lou uncomfortable with Bob and Hendricks?

10. How does Lou implicate Chester as the murderer?

(see the answer keys)

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