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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what capacity does Claude work at the strip club called Gentlemen, Please?
(a) Bartender.
(b) Security.
(c) Singer in the house band.
(d) Manager.

2. Who is the second person in Frank's family to die following Frank's murder?
(a) Frank's sister.
(b) Frank's mother.
(c) Frank's father.
(d) Frank's brother.

3. Who reports witnessing Frank get into a van with Terry Maitland on the day of Frank's murder?
(a) Holly.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Marcy.
(d) Arlene.

4. What is the first name of Frank's father?
(a) Jerry.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Fred.
(d) Jeff.

5. With how many other members of his English department did Terry travel to the conference for English teachers?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what weapon is Terry's murderer killed on the day of the arraignment?

2. Who drives the Maitland girls home and helps them navigate past the news crews in the opening of the section entitled Sorry?

3. What is the name of Ralph's wife?

4. Who tries and fails to believe in Terry's innocence at the end of Chapter 20 in the section entitled Sorry?

5. Around which of the following topics does the epigraph of The Outsider revolve?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who shoots Terry and why?

2. What major news about the case does Ralph deliver to Howie on the day of Terry's arraignment?

3. Describe the technique of foreshadowing King chooses to include in the final lines of The Arrest.

4. What mental imagery alleviates Ralph's guilt about arresting Terry?

5. Discuss two clues that point toward the presence of a doppelganger within the investigation of Frank's murder?

6. What are Terry's final words and what is their significance?

7. What is unusual about the timeline of Terry's arrest that makes Ralph uncomfortable?

8. Who is Claude Bolton?

9. To what event does the part title The Arrest refer?

10. Who are Howie and Alec and in what way are they associated with one another?

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