2. Describe what happens in Chapter eight when Jack interviews the three boys that Tyler had last been seen with before he was taken from outside Maxton's.

3. Describe what happens in Chapter five when Tyler sees the black crow.

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

5. What does Burny do in Chapter fifteen?

6. Explain what happened after Charles Burnside first arrived at the hospital as the story is recalled in Chapter two?

7. What had happened when Wendell Green had tried to question Beezer after his daughter's body had been discovered?

8. 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.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Why is it that Judy was willing to kiss Jack when he returned from him meeting with Sophie?

2) What did Jack mean when he said he was in love for the first time after seeing Sophie?

3) What different kinds of love are seen in the story? Which of these seems to be the strongest?

Essay Topic 2

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?