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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. Who is at Joe's door when he and Lila are making breakfast together?
(a) Jeremy.
(b) Carl.
(c) Doug.
(d) Larry.

2. What memory has been haunting Joe's sleep since Lila broke the code in the diary?
(a) His brother's birth.
(b) His grandfather's death.
(c) His first kiss with Lila.
(d) His mother's abuse.

3. What was Lila's high school nickname?
(a) Nasty Nash.
(b) Lost Lila.
(c) Nobody Nash.
(d) Lucky Lila.

4. Who dies during the exchange of fire while Carl is trying to protect Virgil?
(a) Tater Davis.
(b) Oxbow Hanks.
(c) Sergeant Gibbs.
(d) General Sheridan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened while Carl was in Vietnam during July of 1968?

2. What did Andy and Crystal do on the night of September 21st?

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

4. What key piece of evidence in Crystal's murder may still have DNA on it?

5. What did Doug plan to do to Joe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lila's story?

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

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

4. What is discovered about Lila while they are at the bar after the play?

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

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

7. What does Joe say his new goal is while talking to Max Rupert in Chapter 30?

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

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

10. How does Doug Lockwood incapacitate Joe?

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