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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 slow the car down so he can jump out of the trunk?
(a) He does not wait for the car to slow, he just jumps.
(b) He throws the cinderblock and chain out as an anchor to stop the car quickly.
(c) He rolls up his jacket and puts it under one of the tires.
(d) He puts a wrench wrapped in a rag into the tailpipe.

2. 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 mnemonic device used to memorize the colors of the rainbow.
(c) An activity she has to do for one of her classes.
(d) A sentence used in keyboarding class.

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

4. What slows Joe down as he is trying to get free of the chains on his legs?
(a) He is weak from blood loss.
(b) He is not strong enough to break the chains.
(c) His fingers are numb from cold.
(d) He is too disoriented to know where he is.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Detective Max Rupert?

2. What memory has been haunting Joe's sleep since Lila broke the code in the diary?

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

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

5. Where does Professor Sanden teach law?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it so important that Crystal wore glasses?

2. How does Doug Lockwood incapacitate Joe?

3. What does Carl tell Joe about looking into Crystal's murder by himself?

4. What is the rest of Carl's story from Vietnam, specifically, how his and Gibbs' relationship ended?

5. How does Joe handle the man who causes Lila to run from the bar?

6. Who is Joe trying to please by getting Carl exonerated?

7. What does Carl wish to see before he dies?

8. How is Doug Lockwood's house symbolic of the man himself?

9. What new information does Andrew tell Joe and Lila about the night of September 21st?

10. Why does the author include a chapter about the play, "The Glass Menagerie"?

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