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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 the bum refer to Lou?

2. What is the name of the road Joyce Lakeland lives on?

3. What was founded in 1870?

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

5. What does Lou want to compliment the newspapers on?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Rothman contact Lou in this section?

7. How does Lou decide to avenge Chester?

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

9. Why does Lou say he is worried for Johnnie?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what does Lou hide his feelings even in the first person narration? How does this suggest that Lou is perhaps not the cold person he makes him out to be?

Essay Topic 2

Why is Rothman so open with Lou? Why is there never any suggestion Lou will never kill Rothman?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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