View a FREE sample

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 call Amy's death?

2. What does Lou do to the picture in the laboratory?

3. What does the bum do instead of picking up Lou's knife?

4. Who does Lou say is the only person other than himself Chester cares about?

5. How does Lou describe Smith's eyes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lou know about Billy Bob Walker?

2. What does Lou learn about the construction work being done at the Greek's diner?

3. Why does Lou say he is proud of Amy?

4. How does Lou get Conway into his car?

5. What deal do the bum and Lou come to?

6. How does Lou prepare to kill Amy?

7. What suggestions are there in this Chapter 12 that Lou gets his killer instinct from his father?

8. What does Lou say about writers when they reach a highpoint in the story?

9. How does Hendricks ask Lou to talk to Johnnie?

10. What does Hendricks say is the evidence against Johnnie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 693 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample