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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 Johnny throw into his bonfire?

2. While watching store security cameras, who does Johnny see being harassed by a group of kids?

3. Why is Levi crying as he stumbles through the woods?

4. Why does Detective Hunt return to Johnny's house in Chapter 9?

5. Johnny and Jack head to an abandoned tobacco farm near whose house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Johnny commit acts of vandalism at Holloway's house?

2. Who is the giant monster who stops Johnny from running?

3. Why does Katherine dispose of her Vicodin and other medications?

4. How does Levi come to be injured in the woods?

5. What does Johnny do when Ken muscles him out of putting his mother to bed when returning home from the riverbank crime scene?

6. Why does Johnny refuse to pray with his mother when she asks?

7. What does Johnny's friend, Jack, say when Johnny asks him to repeat the details of Alyssa's abduction?

8. What does Levi take from the body of the dead man, and what do the police theorize about his murder?

9. What is Levi doing when Johnny and Jack come upon him in the woods?

10. Why will the Department of Social Services want to speak to Katherine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of good vs. evil. Identify at least two characters that embody both good and evil and then cite an example to support your answers. How are the concepts of good and evil questioned in the course of the story?

Essay Topic 2

John Hart is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, metaphor, and imagery, and briefly describe them and identify the technique which they embody. What is the purpose of each example? How does this literary device help the reader?

Essay Topic 3

There are several events of foreshadowing in the story. Define foreshadowing. Cite at least two situations in the story that serve as foreshadowing. How does foreshadowing differ from red herrings? Discuss one example of a red herring in the story and how this affects the flow of the novel.

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