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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. Who is waiting at the police station for Bud to pick up Jeff?
(a) Jen.
(b) Russ.
(c) Holly.
(d) CD Henderson

2. What nationality is the young woman who is running an illegal daycare out of her home?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Mexican.
(c) French.
(d) Indian.

3. At the end of the novel, which gang member is spending life in prison?
(a) Junior.
(b) Ruta Beth.
(c) Lamar.
(d) Richard.

4. What is the name of Odell's mother?
(a) Corrinne.
(b) Cardinal.
(c) Candice.
(d) Camilla.

5. Where does the fatal shot that kills Lamar hit him?
(a) In the head.
(b) In the stomach.
(c) In the neck.
(d) In the chest.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bud visits CD Henderson after being released from the hospital, what is CD watching on TV?

2. Where does Bud go after Jeff's baseball game?

3. Which of the following cops does Lamar call for backup in the kidnapping case?

4. Where does Bud take his family for dinner to celebrate Russ' admittance into an Ivy League school?

5. What does Ruta Beth tell Bud she does for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lamar prepare to stalk Bud and his family?

2. What does Jeff admit to Bud while on the drive home from the DA's office?

3. What happens when Lamar ambushes Bud in the woods?

4. Why is Bud's son, Jeff, arrested?

5. Why does Bud end up knocking door-to-door in the neighborhood, searching for clues?

6. Why do Lamar and his gang visit the local library?

7. What happens to Richard at the end of the novel?

8. What happens to CD Henderson at the end of the novel?

9. How does the public respond when Bud is once again put in the hospital after a shootout with Lamar and his gang?

10. Why does Bud sneak out of the hospital to visit CD Henderson?

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