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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 Moore say killed Levi?

2. How did Levi's finger get infected?

3. Why can Katherine and Johnny not go back home right away?

4. What does the person tell Cross as he points the pistol at him?

5. A shell with whose fingerprints was found inside the wreckage of David Wilson's car.?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does the police chief give Hunt for why Yoakum was taken away for questioning?

2. How is the scene described at Meechum’s house when Hunt and Yoakum enter?

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

4. What is the cause of Levi's infected finger and why does he try to strangle Jack?

5. Describe the encounter between Officer Taylor and the traumatized young woman at Ken Holloway's house. Why is the woman traumatized?

6. What are Ken Holloway's attitudes and actions toward women that probably make him an accessory in the child abductions?

7. Describe the scene in which Johnny returns home to find his mother abused by Holloway. How does Holloway die?

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

9. How do Hunt and Yoakum realize that Steve is not the security guard they are looking for?

10. How had Levi learned of his daughter's death and what did God tell him to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a brief character study of Detective Hunt. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him at this point in his life?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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