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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 shocks Burny while he is washing up in Chapter twenty-five?

2. What leads Jack and the others through the Black House?

3. When Henry wakes from his nightmare what catches his attention?

4. What does Henry tell Penniman to do with the drink that he is begging Henry to have with him in Chapter twenty-three?

5. What does Beezer ask Potter when Dale is bringing him into the police station?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the scene in Chapter sixteen when Dale is first bringing Potter into the police station.

3. What happens to Beezer when he first begins getting close to the Black House in chapter nineteen?

4. What surprises Burny when he looks in the mirror in Chapter twenty-five?

5. What does Doc remember about Daisy Temperly?

6. Describe the scene at the bar in Chapter twenty-three.

7. How does Tyler get his hand un-cuffed from the wall?

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

9. How does Jack describe Mouse's leg in Chapter twenty-three?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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) 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.

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