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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. The Chapter 16 visitor tells Louis that his words are:

2. What does Ellie think about her cat?

3. What did Louis drink at Jud's house?

4. After following the Chapter 16 visitor, how does Louis rationalize what he finds in his own sheets the next morning?

5. How does Louis feel when he returns from his first visit to Jud's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Louis try to quickly clean up any animals that Church kills?

2. What discrepancy in Jud's pet story did Louis recall?

3. Why did Stanny B know so much about the Micmac Indians?

4. What alarms Louis on the first day of school as he pulls into the medical center parking lot?

5. Why do the Creeds take an almost immediate liking to Jud?

6. Why is Louis reluctant to take Jud up on his offer of a late-night beer?

7. What grudge does Louis hold against his father-in-law and why doesn't the man like Louis?

8. What is ironic about the advice Jud gives Louis in Chapter 2?

9. What happens as the family stares at their new home for the first time?

10. What does Louis do with the Creed family pet after the truck accident on the busy road?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Louis's main character flaw? How does it affect his relationship with his wife? How does it affect him intrapersonally? Why is Louis able to discuss death honestly with his daughter? What to these traits tell us about the protagonist?

Essay Topic 2

Irony is the contrast between what is expected and what actually happens. There are three types of irony: verbal, situational, and dramatic. Identify and discuss two examples of irony in the book. Which type of irony is it? What is expected and what actually occurs with your examples?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss foreshadowing and its importance in writing mystery or suspense novels. Select five memorable instances of foreshadowing from the story and write about them in detail. Why did those five instances stay on your mind?

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