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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. Why does Anne make her weekly outing?

2. Why did other kids make fun of Johnny when he was little?

3. How does Johnny write his final comments, at the end of Part 5?

4. Why does the young woman choose not to save the people in the room she encounters on her way out of Johnny's house?

5. The old woman tells Johnny that everyone in Hell acts a certain way for what reason?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Johnny and the Devil discuss, regarding God?

2. What happens when the gatekeeper reads Johnny's list of actions during his life?

3. What does Johnny discuss with his female captive, in the second strip of Part 4?

4. What does Johnny reveal to Squee, in Part 4?

5. What problems does Johnny encounter in Hell?

6. What do the Dough Boys discuss with Tess and Kirk, in Part 5?

7. What does Tess dislike about Kirk?

8. What is Johnny's role in the world, according to the Devil?

9. What does Nail Bunny say, in Part 4, about Johnny's hobbies before the killing?

10. What is Johnny discussing, and with whom, at the beginning of Part 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Johnny is afraid of the monster that lives behind his wall, and thinks he has to paint the wall with blood to keep the monster at bay. At what point does this idea go from a deranged fantasy, to an actual threat? Why is the monster included in the book? What purpose does it serve? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

The Devil explains to Johnny that his role on Earth was that of a "waste-lock." What, specifically, was Johnny's intended purpose, according to the Devil? Why was he a poor choice to fulfill that role? Why was the function he performed a necessary one? What set Johnny apart from the other waste-locks? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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