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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 is Katherine's situation when Johnny returns home?

2. Whose body does Levi need to bury?

3. What do Hunt and his son have for dinner in Chapter 41?

4. Who is Trenton Moore?

5. Hunt shows an autopsy photo of whom to Johnny to confirm that he is the man Johnny saw with Jarvis?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Hunt begin to think that maybe Alyssa wasn't abducted at all? Who really knows the truth?

2. Why does Yoakum think that Hunt's involvement in the Merrimon case be harmful for several reasons?

3. Describe the scene which Hunt and Yoakum find when they arrive at Officer Cross' house to arrest him.

4. How is the scene described at Meechum’s house when Hunt and Yoakum enter?

5. What is the cause of Levi's infected finger and why does he try to strangle Jack?

6. Why do Hunt and Yoakum think that Johnny believes that a cop was involved with Jarvis?

7. How does fear drive Yoakum to shoot Meechum and Johnny to stalk Levi?

8. How had Levi learned of his daughter's death and what did God tell him to do?

9. Describe the scene in which Hunt and Yoakum are ordered to surrender their revolvers. Why is Yoakum taken to state headquarters in Raleigh for questioning?

10. Describe the scene in which Johnny returns home to find his mother abused by Holloway. How does Holloway die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of fear as it plays out in this novel. How does fear drive the characters? What are the impacts of fear? How does the author instill fear in the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for the lives of Johnny, Jack, Detective Hunt, Allen, and Katherine. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, socialization, etc. How do you think the events of the novel have changed these characters?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the overall setting for the book. Why does Hart use the setting he does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

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