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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Joe expect to find when he emerges from the shack in the woods?

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

4. What is Carl thinking about when Virgil finds him watching the horizon one morning?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Doug Lockwood incapacitate Joe?

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

4. What two mistakes does Doug make when he kidnaps Joe?

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

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

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

8. How did Grandpa Bill die?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lila's backstory is revealed in Chapter 28. How does she feel about her past? How does it still affect her in the present? What does Joe say in response to her admission? What is it about his life that makes him feel the way he does?

Essay Topic 2

Carl's conviction for Crystal's murder marked him as a pedophile. Berthel Collins tells Joe that being labeled as a pedophile likely made Carl's prison term more difficult. Why does he think this? What does he tell Joe about prison culture in general and Stillwater Prison in particular?

Essay Topic 3

Chapters 33 - 37 deal with Joe's kidnap and escape. What do we learn about Joe during his ordeal? What does he learn about himself? How might Joe have acquired the skills he needed to save himself? In what ways has Joe's character changed as a result of the ordeal?

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