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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 is the name of Todd's girlfriend in high school?
(a) Betty Trask.
(b) Hope Tramer.
(c) Jenny Tramer.
(d) Betty Hope.

2. What is the German word for death in "Apt Pupil"?
(a) Dea.
(b) Der.
(c) Toda.
(d) Tod.

3. When Andy meets Red Smith in Shawshank Prison, what does Red refer to himself as?
(a) An instigator.
(b) A con.
(c) A troublemaker.
(d) A go-getter.

4. Who does Linda Collins Dufresne have an affair with?
(a) Peter Stevens.
(b) Tommy Williams.
(c) Andy Dufresne.
(d) Glenn Quentin.

5. What does Andy crawl through in order to escape the prison grounds?
(a) A wall and a sewage pipe.
(b) A wall only.
(c) A dumpster.
(d) A sewage pipe only.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the Rita Hayworth poster?

2. Who is informed of the killings of winos?

3. What does Todd plan to do to Kurt when he no longer needs him?

4. Why does Andy get sent to solitary confinement?

5. What is the alias of Kurt Dussander?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Todd's weapon of choice.

2. What does Kurt do in order to keep Todd out of trouble at school? What comes from his actions?

3. Why does Andy decide to go to Mexico after his escape from prison?

4. Do the prisoners at Shawshank Prison respect The Sisters?

5. What does Red Smith receive in the mail and what is unique about it?

6. What is Kurt doing when suffering a medical ailment?

7. What does Todd give Kurt for Christmas? Why does Todd do this and what does he make Kurt do with the present?

8. What ailment does Kurt suffer and what could have caused it?

9. Why does Todd Bowden want to talk to Kurt Dussander?

10. What do Kurt's stories about the concentration camps cause?

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