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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Odd say that Penny's hand feels like in Chapter 3?
(a) Cold and distant.
(b) Tingling.
(c) Faint.
(d) Real as a living child.

2. What does Harlo drive?
(a) 1968 Pontiac Firebird.
(b) T-Bird.
(c) 1967 Step-side Chevy.
(d) Mustang.

3. What does Odd say is the tallest building in Pico Mundo?
(a) St. Bartholomew's church.
(b) The high school.
(c) The four story bank.
(d) The mayor's house.

4. When Odd goes back into Fungus Man's house a second time in Chapter 11 what has changed?
(a) Someone is in the house.
(b) Elvis and John Wayne are waiting for him.
(c) There is sound.
(d) The house is completely clean.

5. What does the name given to the man-made lake outside the city limits of Pico Mundo mean?
(a) Ucky Muck.
(b) Bad Luck.
(c) Mud Hole.
(d) Dead Man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Odd explain about his internal clock?

2. What has Harlo put on the white pieces of felt?

3. What does the police chief take when he first comes in the diner?

4. What does Ozzie do each time that Odd leaves?

5. How does Odd say that bodachs get into places?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the chief tell Odd when he calls Odd in Chapter 21 after the police have went to the church?

2. How does Odd say he has simplified his life and why as it is described in Chapter 6?

3. What does Odd find in Robertson's study in Chapter 13?

4. Why does Odd suggest to the chief of police that he had to chase Harlo rather than going to the police?

5. In Chapter 6 describe the conversation between Odd and Viola about her dream.

6. Describe what Odd feels when he watches the Fugus Man at Stormy's ice cream shop?

7. What does the chief of police tell Odd about what to say about Harlo and the chase?

8. Describe the confrontation between Odd and Harlo in Chapter 1.

9. What happens after Odd reenters the Fungus Man's house in Chapter 11?

10. How does Odd describe the relationship between him and Stormy in Chapter 1?

(see the answer keys)

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