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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. How did Gerald scare Alyssa?

2. Why do Yoakum and Hunt think that Johnny believes a cop was involved with Jarvis?

3. What reason does Hunt tell Yoakum that he thinks Officer Cross killed David Wilson?

4. Where is Alyssa's body revealed to be in Chapter 56?

5. What does Officer Taylor see on the sofa in Holloway's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jack reveal about the truth of how Alyssa died in the mine shaft?

2. How do Hunt and Yoakum reach the conclusion that the man who Johnny saw with Jarvis was a security guard?

3. When does Hunt begin to think that maybe Alyssa wasn't abducted at all? Who really knows the truth?

4. Why do Hunt and Yoakum think that Johnny believes that a cop was involved with Jarvis?

5. What item found with his remains indicates that Spencer Merrimon may have been close to identifying the child abductors?

6. What do the firefighters find in the mine shaft?

7. What explanation do the firefighters give for the death of the girl in the mine shaft?

8. How does fear drive Yoakum to shoot Meechum and Johnny to stalk Levi?

9. What items are discovered with Spencer Merrimon's remains?

10. Describe the scene which Hunt and Yoakum find when they arrive at Officer Cross' house to arrest him.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the narrative style of The Last Child. Whose perspective does the narrative focus on? Is the narrator limited or omniscient? Is the story related in the present tense or past tense? Why are each of these choices significant?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Explain the concept of loneliness as it is explored in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

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