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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 Lorrie suggest they do instead?

2. How does Beezo respond?

3. How does he break the window?

4. What does she have in her apron that she uses against him?

5. What is the medical reason Jimmy and Lorrie go to see Punch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is so significant about the gunman's identity?

2. What three things does Punchinello want to get in return for any cooperation?

3. What does Punchinello finally agree to do the surgery in return for?

4. What details must Jimmy attend to when they get to the hospital?

5. What precautions does Jimmy take when they leave the hospital with their new daughter, Annie?

6. What does the doorbell reveal?

7. What news does Captain Huey Foster give Jimmy when he calls him out of the delivery room?

8. What does Lorrie do that takes Beezo by surprise?

9. What positive impact has prison had on Punchinello?

10. How is Jimmy able to overcome his fear and propel himself into action?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What events does Punchinello Beezo describe to Lorrie and Jimmy? How do these events differ from the events as Jimmy knows them? Why do the back issues of the Snow Village newspaper upset Beezo? What does he do when he reads about the incident that involved his father at the time of his birth? Who does he ultimately hold responsible?

Essay Topic 2

How did Konrad Beezo know that Lorrie was due and had gone into labor? From where did he monitor her and how did he gain access to this convenient post? What does Huey Foster of the Snow Valley police department discover when he goes to Nedra's house? What condition does he find her in that upsets him to such a degree? What has Konrad done to her that is unusual and degrading?

Essay Topic 3

What events alter several lives on the day that Jimmy is born? How does Konrad react to the condition of his wife during her delivery? What does he do when the delivery is over? Who does he hold responsible for the events that take place in the delivery room? What does he do that changes Jimmy's life forever? How long does it take before Jimmy knows the truth?

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