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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 Rebecca write down that Burny says to her in the hallway?

2. What allows Henry Leyden to dress without mismatching?

3. What does Jack tell Dale to do with the 911 tape from the Fisherman?

4. What has been done to the children that were found as it is described in Chapter one?

5. Who does Chipper owe $13,000 to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does T.J. see when he gets to the spot where they left Tyler?

2. In Chapter four, what does Henry tell Jack has been happening to him lately while Jack is driving Henry home?

3. Describe what happens in Chapter eight when Jack interviews the three boys that Tyler had last been seen with before he was taken from outside Maxton's.

4. Describe the scene at Irma Freneau's mother's house in Chapter fifteen?

5. What does Dale tell Jack in Chapter ten when he calls Jack?

6. Describe the scene in Chapter four where Jack and Dale are putting up paintings.

7. What do Henry and Jack discuss in chapter eight when Jack is telling Henry of going to the police station to talk to Fred and the three boys that had been with Tyler?

8. Explain the importance of the letters that Dale is looking at in Chapter three.

9. Explain what happened after Charles Burnside first arrived at the hospital as the story is recalled in Chapter two?

10. In Chapter fourteen, what does Fred tell Jack he should know about Judy before they go to see her at the institution?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Explain the relationship that Henry and Jack have. How is this relationship different from the one that Jack had with his mother?

2) How is Jack's leadership different than Beezer's leadership?

3) How does the bond that Sophie and Judy share compare to other relationships in the book? What real world relationship would you use to best describe the twinner relationship that is seen between these two characters?

Essay Topic 2

1) Speculate on the reasons that Sonny and Kaiser Bill left when Mouse was sick.

2) Do you think that Mouse would have left if it had been Sonny or Kaiser Bill that had been injured? Why or why not?

3) Was Mouse's death necessary in the story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

1) Why is it that Judy was willing to kiss Jack when he returned from him meeting with Sophie?

2) What did Jack mean when he said he was in love for the first time after seeing Sophie?

3) What different kinds of love are seen in the story? Which of these seems to be the strongest?

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