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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 does Jeremy remind Lila about that helps her to break the code in Crystal's diary?

2. How does Joe convince the sheriff to let him go, after he is picked up from the woods?

3. What does Joe discover when comparing the pictures of the fire at Crystal's house with pictures of after the fire?

4. What is needed in order to exonerate Carl?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Doug Lockwood incapacitate Joe?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of Chapter 14, Joe receives a call from his mother's landlord. How does this phone call, and the situation in Chapter 15, signal that Joe will soon need to make a decision regarding his mother and brother? What do you think he will have to decide? What do you think he will choose to do?

Essay Topic 2

Joe often uses the lure of Crystal's case to engage Lila in conversation. How does Lila's experience on the high school debate team give Joe a chance to gain her assistance? Does Lila seem interested in the Crystal Hagen case? How does she feel about Carl Iverson?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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