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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. In Part 1, Chapter four, what is it said that Jack had journeyed cross-country in his boyhood for?

2. What is in the box that is delivered to Jack in Chapter nine?

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

4. What does Henry say is happening that makes him think he is going crazy?

5. What does Judy write on the note pad in Chapter two?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

2. What happens in Chapter seven when Rebecca follows Burny out into the hallway to tell him to go to his room?

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

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

5. What happens in Chapter seven when Henry begins playing for the residents at Maxton's?

6. What happens outside of Ed's Eats and Dawgs when Henry realizes that someone is taking his picture?

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

8. What does Burny do in Chapter fifteen?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe what a twinner is. Do you feel that twinners are the same person in some way? Why or why not?

2) Do you think that Burny had a twinner?

3) If Doc or Beezer had twinners what do you think they would be like?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

1) What was Tansy Freneau's role in the story?

2) Why is Tansy not visited again after the destruction of Black House?

3) Do you feel that there is any chance that Tansy was restored to her original state of mind? Why or why not?

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