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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 is so strange about Ezra's, Jeremy's co-worker at Video Hut, car accident?

2. In Part One, Chapter 8, where does Lisa Sample say she spent a short while before moving to Collins?

3. In the beginning Quote, what does the author compare "secret agents" to?

4. What is Jeremy's father, Steve Heldt, doing when Jeremy returns home in Part One, Chapter 1?

5. How does Jeremy summarize his impression of family gatherings in Part One, Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Stephanie come to the conclusion that both edited scenes in "Target" and "She's All That" are from the same place?

4. 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?

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

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

7. How does Jeremy feel about holiday conversations as described in Part One, Chapter 2?

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

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

10. What are some reasons for why it is mysterious that Sarah Jane moves into Lisa's farmhouse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pages 148-149 eventually explain why Lisa Sample is editing videos and saving old ones. Sarah Jane asks Lisa why she feels the need to do these things. How does Lisa account for this bizarre hobby? What themes can you draw from this conversation? Provide quotes and examination to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Pages 100-101 document a religious tract given to Irene while outside the Old Market. The message relates directly to Irene's situation, as well as how her life possibly evolves in the future. What associations can be made from the tract and Irene's own life? How does the tract signify what is to come later in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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