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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. When Joe slips and lets on he knows the name of Beck's favorite movie, what does Beck assume?

2. What does Joe discover inside Peach's home?

3. How did Joe meet his ex-girlfriend?

4. What does Beck lose on the way home from the bar?

5. How long ago did Beck's father die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joe help Beck during a dangerous situation?

2. What does Joe learn about Benji?

3. How does Joe meet Beck? What does Joe think about her?

4. What is the significance of the red ladle?

5. Who interrupts Joe and Beck as they are assembling her bed? What is the outcome of this interruption?

6. What happens when Joe escorts Beck home after the night at the bar?

7. How does Joe dispose of Benji?

8. How do Joe and Peach get along when they first meet? What does Joe discover inside Peach's house?

9. Why did Mr. Mooney punish Joe? How did he punish him?

10. On what surprising topic does Joe quiz Benji? What are the results?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Joe’s contradictory characteristics. In what ways is he protective? In what ways is he predatory?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the characters of Candace, Karen Minty, and Amy Adam. What does his interactions with each tell us about Joe?

Essay Topic 3

Near the end of the novel, Joe remarks, “you should own what you love, it’s that simple.” How does he live this idea? What are the positive effects of living by this idea? What are the negative effects?

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