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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 country does Vernon tell his mother he is going to?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Canada.
(c) Chile.
(d) Alaska.

2. What does Vernon always hear leaving Dr. Oliver Goosens' ambulance?
(a) A whisper.
(b) Thunder.
(c) Crying.
(d) Music.

3. Which of the following is the name of the girl Vernon loves?
(a) Tamara.
(b) Fanny.
(c) Feeny.
(d) Taylor.

4. What did Vernon's mother tell Vernon to be aware of?
(a) Pretty girls.
(b) The animal instinct.
(c) The human condition.
(d) Power hungry people.

5. What does Pam eat while she sits on the sofa?
(a) Peanuts.
(b) Candy.
(c) Chips.
(d) Ice cream.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Vernon need?

2. What does Palmyra ask Vernon?

3. What does Vernon hide in his bedroom?

4. Which part of Jesus' body is deformed?

5. Which of following animals does Jesus solve a philosophical problem about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What lesson does Vernon say he has learned?

2. What does Vernon recall about the morning of the murders as he rode to school with Jesus?

3. Why is Vernon's mother angry with Vernon in Chapter 11?

4. Why does Vernon hang up on his Mom when he talks to her from prison?

5. What does Vernon have to do at the New Life Center?

6. Why does Vernon want to get out of Texas?

7. How does Vernon get $160 off Deutschman?

8. What reason does Vaine give for Vernon's arrest?

9. What does Vernon imagine about the TV movie of his life?

10. Why does Vernon make faces before appearing on TV?

(see the answer keys)

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