Black House: A Novel | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

The Territories - This is a place parallel universe to Earth. Jack Sawyer has spent his adult life blocking memories about this place but is forced to remember to stop the murders.

Twinner - This is the term given for a person's duplicate from parallel words. Most people do not have these, although Jack Sawyer's mother did as well as Judy Marshal, Tyler Marshal's mother.

French Landing - This is the the town where Jack Sawyer lives. It is located in Wisconsin and much of the story takes place in this town.

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