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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 claim everyone is capable of listening to?

2. What does Lou say there is no good crying over?

3. What does Lou say the sun is pushing up over?

4. Why does Lou say you should never pull a gun out on a drunk?

5. What food had Lou just finished when he saw the bum?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Lou kill Elmer and Joyce?

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

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

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

7. How did Mike die?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the first person point of view.

1. In what way could you describe the narration as unreliable?

2. What do you think the other characters say about Lou when he is not there?

3. How would the story change if it was told in the third person?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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