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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. Who answers Jack's cell phone in Chapter ten when Dale calls it?

2. What does Dale tell Jack he should do with the package that he received from the Fisherman?

3. What does Rebecca write down that Burny says to her in the hallway?

4. What does Pam say when Danny tells her that he will pull out his gun if Beezer even looks like he wants to fight in Chapter thirteen?

5. What does Fred read had been found on John Wesley Irkenham's dismembered body?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Burny do in Chapter fifteen?

2. What does Wendell want to get from Irma's crime scene as he heads out to Ed's Eats and Dawgs?

3. When they arrive at Ed's Eats and Dawgs, what does Dale tell Jack he should do?

4. What does Wendell tell Jack after Beezer has ruined the film in his camera?

5. Explain what is known about Henry Leyden that is shown in chapter three.

6. What does Judy tell Jack about Faraway in Chapter fourteen?

7. What does Wendell see when he gets to the crime scene in Chapter twelve?

8. What do Henry and Jack discuss in chapter eight when Jack is telling Henry of going to the police station to talk to Fred and the three boys that had been with Tyler?

9. In Chapter four, what does Henry tell Jack has been happening to him lately while Jack is driving Henry home?

10. What does T.J. see when he gets to the spot where they left Tyler?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) What did the bees represent in the story?

2) What was the significance of the bees being seen in the front of the story? When did it become apparent that the bees held some deeper meaning in the story?

3) Could some other symbol have been used rather than the bees? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

1) Explain the relationship that Henry and Jack have. How is this relationship different from the one that Jack had with his mother?

2) How is Jack's leadership different than Beezer's leadership?

3) How does the bond that Sophie and Judy share compare to other relationships in the book? What real world relationship would you use to best describe the twinner relationship that is seen between these two characters?

Essay Topic 3

1) Do you think that Gorg was actually a crow or that he was being controlled by a creature on the other side like Burny and Mr. Munshun? Explain.

2) If Gorg had been a creature on the other side, given that Mr. Munshun was a servant for the Crimson King, what do you think Gorg's role would have been? Lesesr or greater than Munshun's? Why?

3) Do you think it would have been possible for Speedy or one of the other characters to exert control over someone like Munshun did with Burny? If so why did he not do this?

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