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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 does Doc pull out of the window of a car?

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

3. What thought does Jack have when he first arrives at the police station in Chapter eight that makes him feel immediately guilty?

4. What does Fred Marshall tell Dale after Tyler goes missing?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Beezer do when he gets the phone call that Irma's body has been found?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) 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

Choose one of the following to write about:

1) Do you think Jack would have chosen to go to the Territories to be with Sophie even if he had not been shot? Why or why not?

2) What do you feel are the most obvious moments of foreshadowing in the book or the most important? What events in the story do you feel there should have been some foreshadowing of but there was not? Explain.

3) If there was a book following Black House which characters would you want to see it focus on and what from Black House do you think would be revisited? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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