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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. Where does Lou hang his mop?

2. What does Hendricks say Johnnie used to hang himself?

3. What does Smith's neck stick out like as he walks away?

4. What is the name of the man passing through town?

5. Whose office does Lou enter at the beginning of Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the man from the union find it was Johnnie who stole his tires?

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

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

5. Why does Hendricks phone Lou in Chapter 12?

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

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

8. What information does Rothman give about Johnnie?

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

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

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

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

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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