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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. What does Lou say he has been as busy as recently?

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

3. What is the name of the city sheriff?

4. What is situated on West Seventh Street?

5. Who visits Lou in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lou implicate Chester as the murderer?

2. How does Lou say he got money from Elmer?

3. Why does Lou use so many adages?

4. How does Lou know that Mike is not guilty of raping the three-year-old girl?

5. Why is Amy angry with Lou in chapter seven?

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

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

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

9. What does Rothman tell Lou he is worried about?

10. How does Lou kill Elmer and Joyce?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the book's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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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