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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. Who do Amy and Lou watch working out?

2. Who does Lou think winks at Hendricks when he is talking to him?

3. What does Hendricks say he would have done to Joyce if she had lived?

4. What does the billboard say is a little stronger in Central City?

5. What is Billy Boy Walker the best at in the country?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Lou say he knows about John Smith?

3. How does Lou prepare to kill Amy?

4. How do Hendricks and his secretary react when Lou starts speaking in cliches?

5. What does Lou see in the picture he finds in his dad's library?

6. Why does Hendricks say he is relieved Joyce died?

7. How does Lou talk to the doctor when he first arrives at his house?

8. What is the story Lou tells about he jeweler?

9. What does Lou say about odd couples in this section?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Aside from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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