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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After setting their home on fire, what conditions does Konrad promise to return under?
(a) When they have a son.
(b) When the moon is full.
(c) When they least expect it.
(d) When they find a new home.

2. What do Lorrie and Jimmy intend to do?
(a) Watch the circus.
(b) Return the money.
(c) Kill Virgilio as promised.
(d) Get tickets for the kids.

3. How many Vivacemente circuses does he claim to own?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

4. What does the boy try to give Jimmy?
(a) A bouquet of flowers.
(b) A photo.
(c) A box.
(d) A ticket.

5. What does Lorrie tell Beezo to do?
(a) Leave them alone before she loses her temper.
(b) Find a desperate woman and have a son of his own.
(c) Go to clown hell.
(d) Get out and get lost.

6. Why does Jimmy believe he knows the reason this is the fourth terrible day?
(a) He is convinced that Punch will refuse them.
(b) He senses Punch has no heart.
(c) He believes he will lose Annie this day.
(d) He thinks going to Punch was a mistake.

7. What languages does Punchinello learn in prison?
(a) French, Italian and Greek.
(b) Polish, Romanian and Hungarian.
(c) German, Chinese and Japanese.
(d) German, Swedish and Norwegian.

8. Where does Vivacemente ask Jimmy to meet him?
(a) The Hathoway Farm.
(b) The Halloway Farm.
(c) The library.
(d) The town square.

9. Why does the Agent assure Lorrie it isn't possible that Beezo will still show up at their home?
(a) Because he is in jail.
(b) Because he is already there.
(c) Because he is in a coma.
(d) Because he is dead.

10. How old is Annie?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Seven.

11. Where was stillborn Jimmy Tock buried?
(a) In a plot at Charlene's home.
(b) In the graveyard at Charlene's church.
(c) In a graveyard outside of town.
(d) In a plot behind the hospital.

12. How does Jimmy finally stop Beezo?
(a) He shoots him in the head.
(b) He shoots him in the neck.
(c) He strangles him.
(d) He throws him down the stairs.

13. Why does Jimmy go back to Punchinello after they had left?
(a) He wants to ask him one more time.
(b) He thought he could still succeed.
(c) He couldn't give up.
(d) They forgot Annie's photograph.

14. What does Punchinello admit to Lorrie and Jimmy?
(a) That he had a loveless childhood.
(b) That he despised the man who raised him.
(c) That he loved the life he had.
(d) That his father lavished love on him.

15. Where do Jimmy and Lorrie go the day before Thanksgiving?
(a) To the movies.
(b) To the library.
(c) To his parents house.
(d) To the Rocky Mountain Federal Penitentiary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fear do Annie and Lucy share?

2. What happens the reveals the real source of the terrible fourth day?

3. Why can't Jimmy donate a kidney to Annie?

4. What is solipsism?

5. How many security guards does the hospital have?

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