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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 did Crystal's step-father do for a living?

2. Who is Detective Max Rupert?

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

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

5. What news does Joe give to Carl during his visit when Carl is not in his wheelchair?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Lila's story?

4. What new information does Andrew tell Joe and Lila about the night of September 21st?

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

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

7. What changes between Lila and Joe in Chapter 21?

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

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

10. How did Grandpa Bill die?

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

When Joe finally becomes the person responsible for Jeremy, he does not view it in the same negative way he did at the beginning of the story. Why has Joe's outlook changed? How has his involvement with Carl changed the way he looks at life? How does Joe feel about taking care of Jeremy now?

Essay Topic 3

Joe Talbert's mother always seems to be able to get Joe to do what she wants, even when he knows it will be a detriment to himself. How does Joe's mother manipulate him into doing what she wants? What does she use against him that causes him to give in to her time and again? Is Joe really a victim of his mother's behavior, or does he gain something from forgiving her for her issues?

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