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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 say he will arrest the woman for if she refuses to leave Central City?

2. What does Bob Maples say he is as straight as?

3. What causes Central City's population to jump to 48,000?

4. From what window of the train is the bum staring out?

5. What does Lou claim everyone is capable of listening to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Lou uncomfortable with Bob and Hendricks?

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

4. How does Lou implicate Chester as the murderer?

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

6. How does Lou kill Elmer and Joyce?

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

8. What does Rothman tell Lou he is worried about?

9. Why does Lou think Conway can't get what he wants?

10. Why does Rothman contact Lou in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what does Lou suggest his upbringing is partly responsible for his sickness? What evidence is the book that this may just be an excuse?

Essay Topic 2

Aside from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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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