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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. Where does Joe awaken after he passes out at Doug's place?
(a) In the trunk of his own car.
(b) In the trunk of Doug's car.
(c) In the street.
(d) In the woods.

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

3. What does Carl see in the elephant grass that causes him to defy Gibbs' order to shoot?
(a) A boy.
(b) An old woman.
(c) An old man.
(d) A girl.

4. Why is Lila only a sophomore at 21 years old?
(a) She flunked a year and had to re-take classes.
(b) She was older than other kids when she started elementary school.
(c) She took a year off before going to college.
(d) She took two years to complete her freshman credits.

5. What is Carl thinking about when Virgil finds him watching the horizon one morning?
(a) His grandfather's cabin at Lake Ada.
(b) His wife and children.
(c) Crystal Hagen.
(d) The Viet Cong waiting in the jungle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Joe reassure Lila that he does not think less of her?

2. Why did Carl buy a gun the day Crystal was murdered?

3. Who is Detective Max Rupert?

4. Where did Joe spend the night after watching "The Glass Menagerie"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Carl say is the real reason he ended up saving Virgil that day in Vietnam?

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

5. What is Lila's story?

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

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

8. What do Joe and Lila see when they compare pictures of the fire?

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

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

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