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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 Lou grind into the bum's palm?

2. Who does Amy say she can smell on Lou?

3. What does Lou say caused the track through the weeds?

4. What kind of people does Lou say are his meat?

5. What does Lou say he acted like before entering the woman's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lou do to his car before he goes to murder Joyce?

2. Why does Lou use so many adages?

3. Why is Bob so upset when he arrives back at the hotel?

4. Why does Lou say his car could not have possible made the tracks in the weeds?

5. How does Lou implicate Chester as the murderer?

6. How does Lou decide to avenge Chester?

7. How does Chester react to Elmer's death?

8. How does Lou deal with Joyce in Chapter 2?

9. Why does Hendricks claim he is questioning Lou in Chapter 8?

10. How does Lou say he got money from Elmer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what does Lou hide his feelings even in the first person narration? How does this suggest that Lou is perhaps not the cold person he makes him out to be?

Essay Topic 2

What was Lou's relationship with his father? How do the students think is father's death affected him?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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