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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 does Jack tell Fred that he wants to do?

2. What does Speedy tell Jack about Tyler in the waking dream that Jack has in Chapter nine?

3. Where does Rebecca tell Chipper that Burny ought to be?

4. What does Wendell envision his coverage of the Fisherman murders doing?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what is known about Henry Leyden that is shown in chapter three.

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

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

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

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

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 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?

8. In Chapter one, what is explained about Chipper's current situations in his life?

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

10. Describe the scene in Chapter four where Jack and Dale are putting up paintings.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Do you think that Dale truly gives up his position as police chief? Explain.

2) What do you think is the difference between a police man and a coppice man?

3) How would you have described Speedy's involvement in the story? Do you think he is a coppice man like Jack? Why or why not?

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) Why was it significant that Beezer and Doc could not find the house without Jack even after they had been there the day before with Mouse?

2) What does it mean that the Black House was almost infinite (page568)? Is it possible for something to be 'almost' infinite?

3) What did you see inside the Black House that you feel gave the most important information about the Black House? Explain.

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