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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 Chapter 7 of Footsteps and Cantaloupe, who receives a call notifying him about Fred's suicide attempt?
(a) Ollie.
(b) Howie.
(c) Yunel.
(d) Ralph.

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

3. Which member of the Maitland household wakes the rest of the family with her screams on the night when Fred is preparing to commit suicide?
(a) Marcy.
(b) Sasha.
(c) Grace.
(d) Sarah.

4. When Howie asks Holly to come to Flint City, which character does Holly name as the person she believes to be innocent of Frank's murder?
(a) Terry.
(b) Claude.
(c) Ollie.
(d) Lovie Ann.

5. What is the last name of Amber and Jolene, the little girls whose bodies are found on April 25th?
(a) Howard.
(b) Miller.
(c) Schwartz.
(d) Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people in total attend the first meeting of the whole investigative team?

2. Grace describes the Outsider's eyes as resembling which objects?

3. With what creatures does the teller of the cantaloupe story associate the cantaloupe in Chapter 2 of Footsteps and Cantaloupe?

4. Holly reflects upon the fact that before meeting Bill Hodges, she had experienced how many nervous breakdowns?

5. Moments before waking up next to his late mother's corpse, Jack dreams about which parts of his body falling off?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. For what reason does Jeannie invoke the character of Sherlock Holmes during a conversation with Ralph?

6. What method does Fred use in order to commit suicide?

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

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

9. Who insists on joining the first meeting between Ralph and Holly and why?

10. What characteristic of the corpse lying next to Jack in bed convinces him of its identity?

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