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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. When does Bob say it is the lightest?

2. Where does Lou say it doesn't look good for a cop to hang around?

3. What does Lou compare Amy's tongue to?

4. Where does Lou drive to after leaving the courthouse?

5. What type of people does Lou say he never has a desire to harm?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lou do to his car before he goes to murder Joyce?

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

3. Why is Lou uncomfortable with Bob and Hendricks?

4. How does Lou kill Elmer and Joyce?

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

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

7. Why is Bob so upset when he arrives back at the hotel?

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

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

10. How did Mike die?

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 does Lou assess his own sickness while in hospital? What evidence is there to suggest this not a reliable assessment? In what way does Lou trust his intelligence too much?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Lou only kill people he feels comfortable with and close to? What comment does this make about serial killers in general?

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