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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. Why does Joe feel sick in his chest after watching the play?
(a) He thinks about Crystal's murder photos.
(b) He thinks the acting is terrible.
(c) He knows Lila will never love him.
(d) The play reminds him of his life.

2. Where does Doug Lockwood live?
(a) In a religious commune.
(b) In a city.
(c) In an old farmhouse.
(d) In a suburban home.

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

4. Where does Joe get new clothes to wear on his date with Lila?
(a) The mall.
(b) His mother's house.
(c) A second-hand store.
(d) His borrows them from Jeremy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the last thing Joe thinks before he passes out at Doug's place?

3. What does Boady Sanden tell Joe about the Ramsey County Crime Lab?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Carl see before he leaves the hut that haunts him?

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

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

8. What is Lila's story?

9. How does Doug Lockwood incapacitate Joe?

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

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