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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 type of program do they have for the elderly at the retirement home Sam is contemplating in chapter 9?

2. Gretchen is the name of who?

3. How does Ronny Lawton feel about his brother?

4. What is the name of Ronny Lawton's child?

5. How does Bill's family's dog die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the phenomenon that is Linda Carter.

2. Who does Darlene consider to be her "children" since she has none of her own?

3. Describe Ronny Lawton's estranged wife.

4. Why does the town collectively feel that Ronny Lawton killed his father for sure?

5. How does Ronny Lawton's estranged wife know Darlene?

6. List some of the animals Bill used to visit at the zoo as a child.

7. List some of the features offered at the Florida retirement community Sam contemplates in chapter 9.

8. What are some of the questions Ronny is asked during his lie detector test?

9. What are some of the questions Ronny's estranged wife asks Bill when she calls him in chapter 10?

10. List the reasons why Ronny Lawton does not want to lose what he has in life at this moment.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bill has difficult psychological challenges to endure, especially in connection with women.

Write an essay that explains which women he focuses on, how he interacts with them, what they want from him, and why. Will any of these relationships last? Why or why not? Be sure the explain whether unrequited love and obsession factor into Bill's personality and what that tells the reader about Bill's character. Provide examples from the novel to support your argument.

Essay Topic 2

Prejudice is a recurring theme in The Keepers of Truth. In the beginning many people in the town think that Ronny Lawton is guilty.

Write an essay that explains who thinks that Ronny is guilty and what evidence is given to support this idea. Do the opinions of these characters change over the course of the book? Why or why not? In what other instances of the story is prejudice a factor? Use examples from the novel to make the point.

Essay Topic 3

Ronny Lawton's father's body is never found. Bill knows it exists somewhere, and he can't ignore that fact.

Write an essay exploring Bill's ideas of extinction and evolution in the context of the story. How does he view the conclusion to the Ronny Lawton case? What do his ideas of extinction and evolution have to do with it? How does he tie these ideas in to the closing of the factories? Reference the novel to support your points.

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