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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What play does Lila invite Joe to see with her?
(a) The Lion King.
(b) The Glass Menagerie.
(c) The Scarlett Letter.
(d) A Raisin in the Sun.

2. What does Sergeant Gibbs do to the girl Carl saw running out of the grass?
(a) He rapes and kills her.
(b) He pretends not to see her.
(c) He helps her escape.
(d) He takes her prisoner.

3. What is needed in order to exonerate Carl?
(a) Doug's DNA.
(b) Another fingernail.
(c) A hair sample from the killer.
(d) Crystal's DNA.

4. What happened while Carl was in Vietnam during July of 1968?
(a) Carl killed Gibbs.
(b) Carl killed a teenage girl.
(c) Carl killed Tater.
(d) Carl deserted the military.

5. Where did Joe spend the night after watching "The Glass Menagerie"?
(a) At the bar where he had the fight.
(b) At his mother's house.
(c) At his apartment.
(d) At Lila's apartment.

6. Which person is not a suspect on Joe and Lila's list of possible killers?
(a) Andy.
(b) Danny.
(c) Gibbs.
(d) Doug.

7. Who started the rumor that Andy killed Crystal?
(a) The state's attorney.
(b) The newspapers.
(c) Carl's attorney.
(d) Crystal's family.

8. What did Doug plan to do to Joe?
(a) Bury him in the woods.
(b) Leave him in a cabin.
(c) Drown him in the river.
(d) Turn him over to police.

9. Why is Professor Sanden concerned there may not be DNA evidence from the crime?
(a) The police department did not save evidence longer than 10 years.
(b) DNA only lasts for a few weeks.
(c) They did not have DNA evidence at the time of Crystal's death.
(d) There was no DNA at the scene of Crystal's murder.

10. What did Andy and Crystal do on the night of September 21st?
(a) They stole a car and wrecked it.
(b) They drove without seatbelts.
(c) They secretly married.
(d) They threw his mother a party.

11. How does the author tell about Carl's experience in Vietnam?
(a) Through Joe's writing assignment.
(b) Through newspaper articels from the era.
(c) Throught a letter from Virgil.
(d) Through Carl's diary.

12. What personal item did Crystal lose on the night of September 21st?
(a) Her diary.
(b) Her jacket.
(c) Her glasses.
(d) Her necklace.

13. How does Joe reassure Lila that he does not think less of her?
(a) He offers to go to therapy with her.
(b) He tells her he will beat up the people that hurt her.
(c) He says nothing to her.
(d) He tells her he is not afraid of issues.

14. Who does Joe originally think DJ is?
(a) Crystal's step-brother.
(b) Crystal's step-father.
(c) Crystal's boyfriend.
(d) Crystal's mother.

15. Why was Carl not in his wheelchair by the window when Joe came to see him toward the end of the novel?
(a) He was too sick to get out of bed.
(b) He escaped and went home.
(c) He had been released back to jail.
(d) He had passed away the night before.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe discover when comparing the pictures of the fire at Crystal's house with pictures of after the fire?

2. Why does Detective Rupert tell Joe to contact Boady Sanden?

3. What is the last thing Joe thinks before he passes out at Doug's place?

4. What was Doug Lockwood doing behind his wife's back?

5. What does Carl see in the elephant grass that causes him to defy Gibbs' order to shoot?

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