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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Amy say she can smell on Lou?

2. What does the proprietor give Lou as he leaves the bar?

3. Where does Rothman say he had to take a little jaunt to?

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

5. What does Conway tell Lou he has at stake?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Rothman contact Lou in this section?

2. How does Lou decide to avenge Chester?

3. Why does Lou say he doesn't need a weapon?

4. What does this section say about Amy and Lou's relationship?

5. How does Lou kill Elmer and Joyce?

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

7. Why does Lou use so many adages?

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

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

10. Why does Lou tell Amy he is not so keen on marrying her just yet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Mike take the blame for raping the three-year-old girl? How much does Lou feel responsible for Mike's death?

Essay Topic 2

How difficult has it been for Lou to curb his natural intelligence? How much of this repression is responsible for what happens?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Bob kill himself? How does Bob's death affect Lou? How does Bob's death affect the other characters? How does Bob's death change the characters' attitude towards Lou?

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