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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 did Regina speculate you looked like in heaven?

2. How many times had Jeremy stabbed his mother?

3. For what reason could Honell not see?

4. What had he been drinking?

5. What was Lindsey's maiden name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hatch realize when he finds out that Cooper is dead and why does that worry him?

2. Hatch retains two mementos of the events that occurred. What are they and what is their significance?

3. What information is Vassago/Jeremy trying to elicit from Honell before he kills him?

4. What does Hatch offer as proof of his theory to Lindsey?

5. Jeremy has a dilemma when he reaches Lindsey's house. What is it and how does he resolve it?

6. How does Hatch believe he will be more successful than the police in finding Jeremy and Regina?

7. When Jeremy grabs Regina, he doesn't leave right away. Why not? How does he subdue her?

8. What does Regina do for the first time to Hatch that she hasn't done yet for Lindsey?

9. What concerns do Lindsey and Hatch have about Regina at this stage?

10. How does Jeremy introduce himself to Hatch?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Lindsey's painting of Jimmy. What did this represent? Why did it move Hatch to tears? Are these normal reactions? How or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss what elements of fiction are contrived in the serial murders of Vassago/Jeremy. How would anything of this caliber be unlikely to be achievable in the real world?

Essay Topic 3

Explain Jeremy's behavior while he was still a boy. What should have been done with him following resuscitation? Provide an explanation as to why this wasn't done? How might the plot have been changed if this would have happened to Jeremy instead?

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