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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 happened to Lila in high school?

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

3. What does the girl in Vietnam have in common with Crystal?

4. What was Doug Lockwood doing behind his wife's back?

5. What happens between Joe and Lila after she helps him clean his cuts?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapters 18 and 19 discuss Carl's trial. Is it possible that Carl wanted to go to prison? What evidence is there that might make it look this way? Is there more to learn about Carl than has already been presented? What might he still be hiding from Joe?

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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