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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 say is running out of Hendricks' eyeballs?

2. What is Amy carrying with her?

3. What does Jeff slam onto Bob's desk?

4. What game does Bob ask Lou to play with him?

5. What does Rothman say Walker has a long memory for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Bob say to Lou in Chapter 14?

3. What information does Rothman give about Johnnie?

4. What does Lou know about Billy Bob Walker?

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

6. What does Lou say he does with Amy in the two weeks before he kills her?

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

8. What does Lou claim is the opinion of people he kills?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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