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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 note does Sarah Jane make about the "She's All That" video?
(a) Sara Jane notes, "the other one, the old one."
(b) Sarah Jane writes, "cheap card table chair, something from a garage sale."
(c) Sarah Jane writes, "...comfort and safety."
(d) Sarah jots, "...throw out the ones that belonged to people who hadn't rented in over a year."

2. What is one of the movies played in rotation at Video Hut?
(a) "Targets" (11).
(b) "Reindeer Games" (11).
(c) "She's All That" '(11).
(d) "The Muppet Movie" (11).

3. How does Jeremy respond when his father says that he is dating again?
(a) Jeremy asks his dad questions about this new woman.
(b) Jeremy tells his dad that his mother would have wanted him to be happy.
(c) Jeremy gets very upset and told his dad that it was too soon.
(d) Jeremy yells at his father for being selfish.

4. At the start of the novel, who brings back the movies, "She's All That" and says it is malfunctioning?
(a) Lindsey Redinius.
(b) Lisa Sample.
(c) Sarah Jane.
(d) Ezra Collins.

5. What metaphor does the narrator make about snakes to people on Page 62?
(a) People move on without thinking of the events they have left behind in the same way a snake leaves its shed skin; it is not their fault for what is left behind.
(b) Snakes have to be cunning and smart; people have to approach life in the same way to survive.
(c) People are similar to snakes, because try to shed their skin or past experiences, yet those experiences are always with them.
(d) People and snakes both have to be free agents, shed their skin, and become new again.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first customer to greet main character, Jeremy Heldt, at Video Hut Part One, Chapter 1?

2. In one of the scenes from "Targets," where is the woman in the chair placed?

3. What movie does Shauna say is an example of how people can edit and change things to make them seem more real?

4. According to Part One, Chapter 7, what is the only reason people visit isolated farmhouses?

5. What is the tone when Steve first introduces Jeremy to his new girlfriend, Shauna?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Sarah Jane drives to Video Hut from Collins, why does she want to arrive first?

2. Why does Jeremy act casually about Steve having a new girlfriend?

3. What is an alternate version to how Jeremy's life unfolds if he does not pursue investigating the added scenes to the videos?

4. How does Sarah Jane respond to the videos after she views them?

5. Why is Jeremy hesitant to take the new job at Bob Veatch's company?

6. At the start of the novel, what is Jeremy's reaction when Stephanie Parson's returns a video?

7. What are Jeremy's excuses for not contacting the police after admitting the videos have similarities and are violent?

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

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

10. 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?

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