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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 room is the Outsider in?

2. What did Einstein have that made him sick?

3. What did Nora do throughout the rest of June?

4. What town were Travis and Nora close to?

5. How many years in prison did Art Streck get, as a mandatory sentence?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Travis buy a Scrabble board?

2. How did Travis feel with Nora gone?

3. What does Vince want with Don Tetragna?

4. Why did Garrison Dilworth help Travis and Nora?

5. What was the purpose behind Yarbeck's creation?

6. What was it about Travis and Nora that made them so memorable to Van Dyne?

7. Why would the government want a dog with human intelligence?

8. What are the effects of second stage distemper and why does Travis fear it so?

9. Why didn't Nora keep her new hairstyle?

10. What was the purpose(s) of helping Dr. Keene with his practice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

If you could gain immortality by killing innocent people would you do it? Why or why not? Does Vince's motivations make him a bad guy? How or why not? Why is Vince's character vital to plot development?

Essay Topic 2

What sort of things did Lem find in the Outsider's lair? What did he believe they meant to the Outsider? How did this make Lem feel? What does it make the reader feel, and how is this technique used to portray the Outsider?

Essay Topic 3

Explain how beauty, intelligence, and disfigurement are compared and contrasted against each other in this story. Does this aptly portray societal values? How so or why not?

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