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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who dies during the exchange of fire while Carl is trying to protect Virgil?
(a) Tater Davis.
(b) Oxbow Hanks.
(c) General Sheridan.
(d) Sergeant Gibbs.

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

3. How do Joe and Lila find Andy Fisher?
(a) Twitter.
(b) Google.
(c) Facebook.
(d) YouTube.

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

5. What does Jeremy remind Lila about that helps her to break the code in Crystal's diary?
(a) A nursury rhyme she loved as a child.
(b) A sentence used in keyboarding class.
(c) A mnemonic device used to memorize the colors of the rainbow.
(d) An activity she has to do for one of her classes.

6. What does Joe expect to find when he emerges from the shack in the woods?
(a) His mother.
(b) Lila.
(c) The police.
(d) Doug.

7. What was the conclusion of the DNA test?
(a) Carl was the killer.
(b) Carl was not the killer.
(c) The nail was not Crystal's.
(d) Crystal's nail did not contain enough DNA to test.

8. Why did Carl buy a gun the day Crystal was murdered?
(a) He planned to kill DJ.
(b) He planned to kill himself.
(c) He planned to kill Crystal.
(d) He planned to kill Andy.

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

10. What is Carl thinking about when Virgil finds him watching the horizon one morning?
(a) His grandfather's cabin at Lake Ada.
(b) His wife and children.
(c) Crystal Hagen.
(d) The Viet Cong waiting in the jungle.

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

12. What weather event does Carl love?
(a) Rain.
(b) Tornadoes.
(c) Sunshine.
(d) Snow.

13. Who does Joe tell that he is going to see Doug Lockwood?
(a) Professor Sanden.
(b) His brother.
(c) Danny Lockwood.
(d) No one.

14. What do the scars on Lila's shoulder reveal about her past?
(a) She was cut during the rape.
(b) She broke her arm in high school.
(c) She has tattoos.
(d) She used to cut herself.

15. Why is Lila only a sophomore at 21 years old?
(a) She took two years to complete her freshman credits.
(b) She took a year off before going to college.
(c) She was older than other kids when she started elementary school.
(d) She flunked a year and had to re-take classes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the girl in Vietnam have in common with Crystal?

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

3. What does Doug do to Joe?

4. What does Professor Sanden believe ensured Crystal's death?

5. What happened to Lila in high school?

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