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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 is Levi killed?

2. Jack says he loaned Alyssa his bicycle so she could do what?

3. What does the old woman at the mall tell Hunt and Yoakum?

4. Who appears and points a pistol at Cross?

5. What does Johnny tell Levi he needs for his injuries?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who tips off Meechum to destroy the computer and child pornography items?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Levi say he carried his daughter's coffin to the remote spot in the woods?

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

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

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

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

Discuss the character of Levi Freemantle. What are Levi’s actions, objectives, and obstacles in the novel? Does he achieve his objectives? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for the lives of Johnny, Jack, Detective Hunt, Allen, and Katherine. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, socialization, etc. How do you think the events of the novel have changed these characters?

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