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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 does Jimmy tell Lorrie about her looks?

2. What happened to Jimmy's Shelby?

3. Who does Jimmy realize the killer is?

4. How much time is left before the bombs go off when Jimmy begins loading?

5. Why does Jimmy call her soon afterward?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lorrie's demeanor help the situation that she and Jimmy find themselves in?

2. What remarkable things does Josef tell Rudy?

3. What happens to Konrad Beezo's wife during delivery of their son?

4. What is so incredible about the predictions made by Josef in the hospital?

5. What dream did Punch have that he claims Virgilio refused to help him realize?

6. What motivates the three criminals to rob the Snow Village bank?

7. What makes Jimmy nervous about the addition of Crinkles to the situation?

8. What do Lorrie and Jimmie argue about where Crinkles is concerned?

9. What is Jimmy's surprising initial response to the killer's shooting of Lionel Davis?

10. What is Jimmy's biggest problem around Lorrie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens on the fifth terrible day that Josef Tock predicted? How does the Tock family respond when the doorbell rings? Who is standing there and what does he want? Why does he panic when Jimmy tries to refuse his delivery? What is the delivery and why does the boy's last comment unnerve Jimmy to some degree?

Essay Topic 2

What events conspire to force Lorrie and Jimmie to go and see Punchinello Beezo in the Penitentiary? What surprises do they learn just prior to going, and how do they convince Punchinello that they are telling him the truth? What birth defect do both Punchinello and Jimmy share? How did Punchinello talk his father into fixing this defect? When the defect is fixed, how does Punch still disappoint his father?

Essay Topic 3

How does Punch reveal an intimate part of himself during his meeting with Lorrie and Jimmy? What does he tell them that gives them a glimpse into his real self? How does he describe the way he wakes up at night? What is the symbolism of his revelations to Jimmy and Lorrie? How does Lorrie try to use this to convince him to donate a part of himself to keep Annie alive? Why is he so resentful?

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