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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 tell Levi he needs for his injuries?

2. Which of the following does Hunt NOT tell Katherine when he leaves her and Johnny at the motel?

3. How is Levi killed?

4. Who emerges from the woods to say he knows where Alyssa is?

5. What name did Holloway call the girl at his house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Johnny help Levi do while he waits to ask him what David Wilson may have told him about the missing girl?

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

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

4. Who does Hunt learn is the first body unearthed at Jarvis' house? Why is this significant?

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

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

7. What does Cross reveal about Hunt's son's part in the murder cover-up and how does Hunt address the situation?

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

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

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

The Last Child is a classic example of a coming-of-age story. What does that classification entail? Why does this book fit into this category? What characters come of age in the narrative? How?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the significance of the book's title. What did the author mean by calling the book The Last Child? Cite an example to support your answer.

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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