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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. What method does Fred use to attempt suicide?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Taking too much medication.
(c) Cutting his wrists.
(d) Hanging.

2. Grace describes the Outsider's eyes as resembling which objects?
(a) Grains of rice.
(b) Lumps of coal.
(c) Marbles.
(d) Straws.

3. How many hard hats are purchased at Home Depot in preparation for the fight against the Outsider?
(a) 7,
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 9.

4. Claude's boss swears that Claude had been at work on the day of whose death?
(a) Ollie.
(b) Frank.
(c) Jolene.
(d) Arlene.

5. Which character is the first to make contact with Holly from Finders Keepers
(a) Alec.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Howie.
(d) Jeannie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Ralph to shut up long enough to give Holly a chance to finish speaking?

2. On what day of the week does Jack first suspect that his sunburn may be more serious than he knows?

3. Who says at the end of the section entitled Visits that he has come to realize the Frank's murder case had been mishandled?

4. The character who asks Jack to murder someone says that he will remove what objects in return?

5. In what Ohio city were two young girls murdered by someone resembling Heath?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who provides assistance to Fred at the scene of his attempted suicide?

2. Who is Bill Hodges and how does Ralph remind Holly of this man?

3. In what way does The Outsider contain commentary about race and culture?

4. What promise does Jeannie elicit from Ralph before he travels to meet the rest of the investigative team?

5. In what way is Claude an ideal target for the Outsider?

6. In what way does the motif concerning dreams and visions arise within The Outsider?

7. What does the cantaloupe in Ralph's story symbolize?

8. How does the motif of dreams enter the narrative in relation to Jack?

9. What connection does June have to Fred's family tragedy?

10. What do the two words tattooed on Claude's hands symbolize?

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