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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. How does Lou say you should address anyone wearing a skirt?

2. Where does Bob say Elmer would be if he weren't dead?

3. What does Lou use to hit the woman?

4. How does Lou calm Amy down?

5. What does Lou say he will arrest the woman for if she refuses to leave Central City?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Lou uncomfortable with Bob and Hendricks?

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

5. How does Lou deal with Joyce in Chapter 2?

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

7. How does Lou kill Elmer and Joyce?

8. How did Mike die?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Lou try to cover his tracks after each killing? What mistakes does he make? How much does it help that he is a policeman himself?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Amy's letter to Lou.

1. How do the students think Amy already knows about Amy's sickness?

2. What do the students think Amy can see about Lou that he can't see about himself?

3. How do the students think Lou would have reacted of he had read the letter before he killed Amy?

Essay Topic 3

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

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