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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unusual about some of Crystal's diary entries?
(a) Some of the pages are erased.
(b) They are written by her boyfriend.
(c) They are cut from newspapers.
(d) They are written in code.

2. When does Janet think Carl will die?
(a) By the spring.
(b) By Christmas.
(c) By New Year's Day.
(d) By Thanksgiving.

3. Who does Joe credit with keeping his mother under control when he was a boy?
(a) Grandma May.
(b) His father.
(c) Jeremy's father.
(d) Grandpa Bill.

4. In which month does the story begin?
(a) August.
(b) November.
(c) September.
(d) May.

5. How was Berthel Collins involved in Carl's case?
(a) He did legal research for the prosecution.
(b) He did legal research for the defense.
(c) He was the defense attorney on the case.
(d) He was the prosecuting attorney on the case.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Crystal Hagen's personal posessions is discussed in the trial files?

2. Where does Joe assume Virgil and Carl met?

3. What does Lila's apartment smell like?

4. What did Joe's mother's apartment smell like when he was a child?

5. Where did Carl get the scar on his neck?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe Crystal Hagen?

2. How does Joe use Carl's case to get to know Lila better?

3. How did Carl save Virgil's life in Vietnam?

4. How does Joe try to get Lila Nash to notice him at the beginning of the book?

5. What do we learn about Joe's temperment when he confronts Larry and his mother?

6. Joe's mother is arrested and calls Joe for help. Joe speaks to the arresting officer, but he is not concerned about his mother. What is Joe's main concern when his mother is arrested?

7. What crime was Carl Iverson convicted of committing?

8. What illness does Carl Iverson have? Is he recieveing treatment?

9. Carl and Joe make some big assumptions about each other during their first meeting. What does Carl assume about Joe?

10. Why did Joe step into a bar for the first time when he was ten years old?

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