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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. How does Joe feel after telling his secret to Carl?
(a) Embarrassed.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Humbled.
(d) Angry.

2. Why does Joe open the file labeled 'autopsy photos'?
(a) He likes crime photos.
(b) He wants to impress Lila.
(c) He thinks it is a different file.
(d) He wants to test his mettle.

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

4. What happened when Joe brought home his first girlfriend, Phyllis, in high school?
(a) His mother was drunk and passed out on the couch in their apartment when he got home.
(b) His mother embraced Phyllis and liked her more than Joe did.
(c) His mother embarrassed him by being drunk and fighting with a man she owed money.
(d) His brother embarrassed him by not behaving kindly toward Phyllis.

5. Why does Joe have to see his mother up at the Mower County Courthouse?
(a) She has a bail hearing.
(b) She is a lawyer.
(c) She is helping him get Carl's trial records.
(d) She works there and needs a ride home.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Joe describe his looks?

2. Who was Carl's lead attorney in his murder case?

3. What does Carl say to Joe when he is finished telling the story of his grandfather's death?

4. What is unusual about some of Crystal's diary entries?

5. What does Lila's apartment smell like?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Joe Talbert visit Hillview Manor at the beginning of the book?

3. Why is Carl's request for a speedy trial something that his defense considered unusual?

4. What does Carl require from Joe if he is going to allow him to know and write his life story?

5. Joe's mother is bipolar. How does Joe describe her behavior in Chapter 3?

6. How does Joe resolve his guilt of leaving Jeremy with his mother and Larry?

7. Why does Crystal refer to Carl as "Creepy Carl" in her diary?

8. What does Mrs. Tate, the school counselor, tell Crystal on the day she is killed?

9. What crime was Carl Iverson convicted of committing?

10. Why does Terry Bremer call Joe when his mother does not come home?

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