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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 kind of world does Lou say doctors live in?

2. What does Lou say Hendricks could x-ray?

3. In what city did Smith go to university?

4. Who do Amy and Lou watch working out?

5. How does Johnnie react when Lou enters his cell?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Lou get Conway into his car?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Lou prepare to kill Amy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what does Lou suggest his upbringing is partly responsible for his sickness? What evidence is the book that this may just be an excuse?

Essay Topic 2

How do the other characters manage to catch out Lou? What leads to Lou's downfall? Is there a suggestion Lou wants to be caught?

Essay Topic 3

In what way does Amy's death affect Lou more than the others? In what way does he pretend it doesn't affect him? How does Lou give himself away that he does actually care?

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