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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 had Travis installed around the perimeter of the property?

2. What does the Outsider ask Travis to do?

3. Where was the head of Teel found?

4. What town were Travis and Nora close to?

5. How old is Garrison Dilworth?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was teaching Einstein having a beneficial effect on Nora?

2. What does Vince want with Don Tetragna?

3. Why can't Walt go public with the information Lem is giving him?

4. Why did Travis buy a Scrabble board?

5. What is significant about Nora and how does Travis feel?

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

7. What is Nora's position on Einstein leaving?

8. How did Nora teach Einstein to communicate and what did she learn from this communication?

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

10. How did King save Dr. Keene's life and how did this persuade him to let Travis and Nora stay with Einstein?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What about the case did Walt find out on his own? How does this pursuit of information indicate his aptitude as a police officer? What is the difference between Walt and Lem? Who would you rather have as a friend and why?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Explain how you believe you would react to having an abnormally intelligent animal. What kind of things could you do with a normal dog versus what a dog of heightened intelligence might do? What has Einstein done to reassure his master of his intellect? What things in chapter two argue against and for the intelligence of Einstein?

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