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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 Elvis realize Ellen cannot do on her own?

2. Where did Mort and Ellen meet?

3. What does Ellen's youngest daughter show Elvis?

4. What does Patricia tell Elvis on the phone?

5. What information does Elvis get from Pike about the Chevy Nova?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the break-in at Elvis's own home.

2. What does Poitras call and tell Elvis in Chapter 12?

3. Who is Dom?

4. Describe how Elvis becomes Ellen's teacher.

5. Describe Elvis's relationship to his cat.

6. How does Elvis get his name?

7. Why does Elvis not believe that Mort ransacked the Langs' home?

8. What does Elvis do daily before he makes breakfast?

9. Why does Elvis get a flashlight in Chapter 5?

10. Who is Elvis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and analyze how Elvis's lust towards the punk girl in the gelato shop is clean in comparison to Rice's child pornography.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and explain why Elvis decorates his room in childhood memorabilia and what insight this information gives the reader about his character.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Ellen to Kimberly Marsh.

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