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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 is Johnny's house number?

2. Why do the people outside the cafe make fun of Johnny?

3. Who is Johnny's voice of sanity and reason?

4. What does Johnny tell the survey taker about his victims?

5. Johnny accuses the survey taker of being sent by whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What triggers Johnny's killing spree at the cafe?

2. Why isn't the first captive in Part 2 afraid of dying, and how does Johnny respond to his lack of fear?

3. What happens to the young couple in Part 3?

4. What precipitates Johnny's rampage at the fast-food restaurant?

5. Who is Shmee?

6. How does Johnny feel about his second captive, the young woman, in Part 2?

7. Which characters influence Johnny, regarding whether or not he should commit suicide, in Part 1?

8. What does the survey taker question Johnny about?

9. What does Happy Noodle Boy do, at the end of Part 3?

10. How does Johnny feel about his victims?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Johnny states, at the end of the book, that he doesn't like where his life is, but he is excited about where it is going. What doesn't Johnny like about his life at present? What changes is he making that will affect the course of his life in the future? What will the results of those changes be, and why? What are Johnny's long-term goals? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Tess learns some valuable lessons about the way she was living her life, through her captivity and experience at Johnny's. Why does she dislike Kirk and the other captives? Why did she spend so much time with Dillon, if she disliked him so much? What does she realize about the people with whom she associated herself? If she had escaped, what would she have changed? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Johnny claims that violence in the media is only a problem if those watching it are idiots; this is the opposite of the commonly-heard argument that violence in the media is desensitizing, and creates violence in real life. Which point of view do you agree with? Is media violence only dangerous if it isn't put into context, and if those watching it cannot distinguish it as fiction and not reality? Or, is any amount of violence damaging because it diminishes our natural responses to horrific sights and actions? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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