Black House: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 157 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Black House: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 157 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. What festival is going to start that the posters advertise in Chapter one?

2. What surprised Richie Bumstead about the Thunder Five?

3. Which of the following is true of Irma Freneau?

4. What does Beezer fight the urge to go and do in Chapter fifteen?

5. What does Jack tell Dale to have done after learning that the Fisherman called 911?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the conversation that Rebecca, Peter Wexler, and Henry have in chapter seven when Peter says that there was another little boy taken from outside of Maxton's.

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

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

4. Explain the importance of the letters that Dale is looking at in Chapter three.

5. Describe the scene at Irma Freneau's mother's house in Chapter fifteen?

6. In Chapter fourteen, what does Fred tell Jack he should know about Judy before they go to see her at the institution?

7. What is explained about Nailhouse Row when it is first described in Chapter one?

8. What does Speedy tell Jack in the beginning of Chapter nine?

9. Describe the conversation that Jack and Wendell Green had that Jack recalls in Chapter four while cooking an omelet.

10. What does Dale tell Jack in Chapter ten when he calls Jack?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Compare Dale and Beezer. In what ways are these two characters the same? In what ways do they differ?

2) Do you feel that Dale and Beezer will continue to help each other now that Jack is gone? Why or why not?

3) Which of these characters do you feel is stronger or the better leader?

Essay Topic 2

1) Which of the minor characters in the story do you feel could have had a much larger role?

2) Which of the minor characters do you feel could have been left out of the story all together?

3) If you had to play a role in the story what role would you chose?

Essay Topic 3

1) What moment in the story would you call the climax? Explain.

2) What was the main plot in the story? What were the subplots? How did these subplots feed into the main plot?

3) Do you feel that the story had a satisfactory ending? Why or why not?

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