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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Doug Lockwood doing behind his wife's back?
(a) Visiting other women.
(b) Stealing money from the church.
(c) Going to strip clubs.
(d) Cheating on her with other women.

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

3. Where does Doug Lockwood live?
(a) In a city.
(b) In a suburban home.
(c) In an old farmhouse.
(d) In a religious commune.

4. Which item is not in the shack Joe finds in the woods?
(a) A knife.
(b) Wood.
(c) Matches.
(d) A warm coat.

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

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

7. Who gave Joe and Lila the evidence from Carl's case?
(a) The county prosecutor's office.
(b) Virgil.
(c) Carl's attorney.
(d) Carl.

8. What key piece of evidence in Crystal's murder may still have DNA on it?
(a) Crystal's hair.
(b) Crystal's diary.
(c) Crystal's fingernail.
(d) Crystal's underwear.

9. 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.

10. What does Carl see in the elephant grass that causes him to defy Gibbs' order to shoot?
(a) A girl.
(b) An old man.
(c) A boy.
(d) An old woman.

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

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

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

14. Who is the antagonist in the story of Carl's time in Vietnam?
(a) Virgil Gray.
(b) Sergeant Gibbs.
(c) President Johnson.
(d) Joe Talbert.

15. What did Lila do in the year between high school and college?
(a) She went to rehab.
(b) She looked for her rapist.
(c) She went to therapy.
(d) She went abroad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Joe loses his temper with Doug?

2. Why did Carl buy a gun the day Crystal was murdered?

3. Why is Lila only a sophomore at 21 years old?

4. What did Crystal's step-father do for a living?

5. How does the author tell about Carl's experience in Vietnam?

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