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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. When did Jeremy start his job at Video Hut?
(a) Two week earlier.
(b) His junior year of high school.
(c) Two year earlier.
(d) Six months earlier.

2. What connection does Stephanie make about the two of the videos at lunch?
(a) Stephanie is certain the two videos were made from the same person.
(b) Stephanie says that the woman in both videos is the same.
(c) Stephanie sees that the same shed/building is in the videos.
(d) Stephanie wants Jeremy to see that the length of the two scenes is the same: nine minutes.

3. What is different about Jeremy's copy of the video,"Targets" in Part One?
(a) Jeremy's copy has one scene not present in the original video.
(b) Jeremy's copy has two scenes not present in the original video.
(c) Jeremy's copy shows a scene with a crying woman.
(d) Jeremy's copy is broken, and he cannot figure out how to play it.

4. In Part One, Chapter 8, where does Lisa Sample say she spent a short while before moving to Collins?
(a) Nevada, Iowa.
(b) Ames, Iowa.
(c) Las Vegas, Nevada.
(d) Madison, Wisconsin.

5. What is Sarah Jane's first conclusion after watching one of the video's unusual scenes in Part One, Chapter 5?
(a) Sarah Jane asks Jeremy to burn all of the videos with weird scenes.
(b) Sarah Jane wants to put the video back on the shelf.
(c) Sarah Jane says that the video has to be thrown away and never spoken about.
(d) Sarah Jane wants to possibly call the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Stephanie give to Jeremy during their meeting in Part One, Chapter 10?

2. What is the first job Jeremy's father, Steve, recommends Jeremy take?

3. Who wants Sarah Jane to return to the videos, because it is time, in Part One, Chapter 10?

4. What sport did Steve's girlfriend Shauna play in college?

5. Who does Jeremy's father, Steve, say is willing to give Jeremy a job?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Steve's final paragraph in his journal, how is it both tender and full of fear?

2. Why does Jeremy think that his father, Steve, is truly fixing the gutter during the day when Jeremy returns home from work?

3. What is puzzling about the fact that Jeremy's co-worker, Ezra, works at Video Hut?

4. In Part One, Chapter 7, the narrator provides reasons for why a person would live in a farmhouse. How does this description of setting connect to a greater theme?

5. What metaphor does the narrator make about snakes in Part One, Chapter 10? How does this metaphor apply to greater themes in the novel?

6. What is the overall theme of the Quote that precedes the novel?

7. Why does Sarah Jane lie to Jeremy about her trip to Collins?

8. In Part One, Chapter 6, what version of events does the narrator say happened, even though the novel says that Sarah Jane tells Jeremy a different story?

9. At the end of Part One, Chapter 2, Jeremy describes the tone of winter. What specifically does he say about it? How is his description metaphorical?

10. Why does Sarah Jane go to the farmhouse in Collins after viewing the videos? How does Sarah Jane know how to locate the farmhouse?

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