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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeremy do after Sarah Jane stops showing up to work?

2. What is the puzzling timecode stamp on the video, "She's All That"?

3. What is Sarah Jane's first conclusion after watching one of the video's unusual scenes in Part One, Chapter 5?

4. What is one of the movies played in rotation at Video Hut?

5. What does Jeremy mean when he says he and his father eat at the dinner table, "like a family" (13)?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the suggestion that Steve keep a journal from his therapist, Ken Wahl, help Steve overcome some of his grief from losing his wife?

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 the overall theme of the Quote that precedes the novel?

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

5. What does Jeremy do after his father goes to sleep at the end of Part One, Chapter 4? Why does he do it?

6. How does Steve's date go with Shauna Kinzer? How does Jeremy feel about this new relationship?

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

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

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

10. How is the first added scene of the movie "Targets" described? Why is it odd?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part Three, Chapter 4 is set in the future and casts Jeremy as a worker who is rebuilding a shed. His co-worker is surprised that Jeremy knows so much about old sheds and how they are made. Jeremy's memories of being at Lisa Sample’s years before overtake him, and new discoveries are presented through this experience. What does Jeremy explain about his experience at Lisa's house? How do his understandings and revealings relate to Jeremy's growth and change of character from past to present?

Essay Topic 2

The end of Part Three, Chapter 4 moves the story into the future, 16 months after Jeremy and Stephanie visited Lisa's farmhouse. The description of what took place is foggy at best, but major conclusions can be made about the plot. How does the author choose to chronicle the incident that takes place? What exactly happens to Jeremy and Stephanie and how do the previous chapters of the novel contribute to your understanding?

Essay Topic 3

The final page of Part Two, Chapter 6 explains how Lisa Sample is dealing with her mother's disappearance. The narrator describes how this situation affected Lisa, even if the signs of sadness and confusion are not seen by others around her. What does the narrator say about the effects on Lisa after her mother is gone? How do these effects carry into Lisa's later life as an adult?

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