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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 does Sergeant Gibbs do to the girl Carl saw running out of the grass?
(a) He pretends not to see her.
(b) He takes her prisoner.
(c) He helps her escape.
(d) He rapes and kills her.

2. What news does Joe give to Carl during his visit when Carl is not in his wheelchair?
(a) Joe tells Carl that Doug Lockwood killed Crystal.
(b) Joe tells Carl that Crystal killed herself.
(c) Joe tells Carl that Danny Lockwood killed Crystal.
(d) Joe tells Carl that Crystal isn't dead.

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

4. What does Professor Sanden believe ensured Crystal's death?
(a) That she learned she could turn the tables on her abuser.
(b) That she was pregnant by her abuser.
(c) That she had a boyfriend.
(d) That she had gone to her mother for help.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the antagonist in the story of Carl's time in Vietnam?

2. Who gave Joe and Lila the evidence from Carl's case?

3. What items are missing from Joe's car when it is found after he was almost killed?

4. What does Joe call the technique he uses on the drunk who insults Lila?

5. What play does Lila invite Joe to see with her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Carl do that causes Gibbs to want revenge?

2. How does Joe and Lila's relationship change in Chapter 39?

3. What does Lila believe will be revealed in the coded parts of Crystal's diary?

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

5. How is Joe able to survive the night lost in the woods and snow?

6. How does Joe's honesty about his grandfather's death cause a shift in his relationship with Carl?

7. Why does the local sheriff take Joe to jail instead of home?

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

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

10. How does Doug Lockwood incapacitate Joe?

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