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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 ask Lester for while at the bar in Chapter twenty-six?

2. What does Mouse tell them to do after they are done in the Black House?

3. What does the candy striper tell Jack and Judy has happened when she enters Dr. Spiegleman's office in Chapter twenty-two?

4. What does Speedy tell Jack to do when he calls Jack on the phone in Chapter sixteen?

5. What does Mouse say in Chapter twenty-two about the perfume that someone is smelling?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Burny die?

2. What happens when the mob lead by Tansy arrives at the police station?

3. What happens when Munshun is faced with Jack, Dale, Beezer, and Doc?

4. Describe the conversation that Jack and Dr. Spiegleman have in Chapter twenty before Jack is left alone with Judy.

5. What happens when Fred shows up at the bar in Chapter twenty-six?

6. What does Jack find when he returns to his world in Chapter twenty-two?

7. What happens at the press conference in Chapter twenty-nine?

8. What does Jack discover when he flips over to the Territories in Chapter twenty-one?

9. What does Potter tell Jack when they are able to talk?

10. What do Doc and Beezer explain about Mouse's condition when Jack first arrives in Chapter twenty-three?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

1) Describe Jack Sawyer's personality.

2) When Jack and Dale go up to Black House, Dale notes that Jack seems younger and stronger. Do you agree with this? Why do you think Dale noticed this change in Jack?

3) Do you feel that the Talisman's effect on Jack was responsible for all of the faith that people had in Jack and all of his good qualities? Speculate on how he would have been different without the Talisman's touch.

Essay Topic 3

1) What did the bees represent in the story?

2) What was the significance of the bees being seen in the front of the story? When did it become apparent that the bees held some deeper meaning in the story?

3) Could some other symbol have been used rather than the bees? Why or why not?

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