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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Doug plan to do to Joe?
(a) Turn him over to police.
(b) Bury him in the woods.
(c) Leave him in a cabin.
(d) Drown him in the river.

2. How does Joe convince the sheriff to let him go, after he is picked up from the woods?
(a) He convinces the sheriff to look for Doug Lockwood.
(b) He tells the sheriff to look at his driver's license.
(c) He tells the sheriff to call Max Rupert.
(d) He tells the sheriff that is brother is home alone.

3. Who found Crystal's glasses?
(a) DJ.
(b) Andy.
(c) Douglas.
(d) Carl.

4. Where does Joe awaken after he passes out at Doug's place?
(a) In the trunk of Doug's car.
(b) In the woods.
(c) In the street.
(d) In the trunk of his own car.

5. What did Andy and Crystal do on the night of September 21st?
(a) They drove without seatbelts.
(b) They secretly married.
(c) They threw his mother a party.
(d) They stole a car and wrecked it.

6. What happened to Lila in high school?
(a) She was drugged and raped.
(b) She was sent to a private school.
(c) She was named Homecoming Queen.
(d) She was given the nickname Lucky Lila.

7. What memory has been haunting Joe's sleep since Lila broke the code in the diary?
(a) His first kiss with Lila.
(b) His grandfather's death.
(c) His mother's abuse.
(d) His brother's birth.

8. What realization did Carl have while he was in prison?
(a) He would live his life, not simply exist.
(b) That he would be forgiven for murdering Gibbs.
(c) DJ had framed him for Crystal's murder.
(d) Life was meaningless and he wanted to die.

9. What happens when Joe loses his temper with Doug?
(a) He punches Doug, knocking him to the ground.
(b) He immediately apologizes.
(c) He accuses Doug of beating his wife and step-daughter.
(d) He accuses Doug of raping and killing Crystal.

10. What key piece of evidence in Crystal's murder may still have DNA on it?
(a) Crystal's diary.
(b) Crystal's underwear.
(c) Crystal's hair.
(d) Crystal's fingernail.

11. How does the author tell about Carl's experience in Vietnam?
(a) Through Joe's writing assignment.
(b) Through newspaper articels from the era.
(c) Through Carl's diary.
(d) Throught a letter from Virgil.

12. What happens between Joe and Lila after she helps him clean his cuts?
(a) They get into a fight.
(b) They decide to drop the case.
(c) They figure out how to find Doug.
(d) They have sex.

13. What is Carl thinking about when Virgil finds him watching the horizon one morning?
(a) His grandfather's cabin at Lake Ada.
(b) Crystal Hagen.
(c) His wife and children.
(d) The Viet Cong waiting in the jungle.

14. Where does Lila pick Joe up after his ordeal with Doug?
(a) City Hall.
(b) His apartment.
(c) Detective Rupert's office.
(d) Center City Jail.

15. What is needed in order to exonerate Carl?
(a) A hair sample from the killer.
(b) Another fingernail.
(c) Doug's DNA.
(d) Crystal's DNA.

Short Answer Questions

1. What items are missing from Joe's car when it is found after he was almost killed?

2. Where did Joe spend the night after watching "The Glass Menagerie"?

3. What was Doug Lockwood doing behind his wife's back?

4. Why does Joe feel sick in his chest after watching the play?

5. Where does Joe get new clothes to wear on his date with Lila?

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