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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 Sonny decide that he will do in Chapter nineteen if Beezer continues to work for Jack Sawyer?

2. What does Beezer tell Jack when he arrives at Nailhouse Row in Chapter twenty-two?

3. What had Sonny refused to do when he and his high school friends came to the town called Harko?

4. What does Chipper tell Burny when he enters his office?

5. What does Beezer say when Jack offers him one last time to back out of going back to Black House?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene in Chapter twenty-five when Burny goes into Chipper's office.

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

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

4. What does Munshun tell Tyler when he first grabs him in Chapter twenty-nine?

5. What is on the tape that is sent to Judy in Chapter twenty?

6. Describe the conversation that Mr. Munshun and Burny have in chapter twenty-six.

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

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

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

10. What does Mouse tell about the Black House?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) What does it say about Jack that he was determined to wait until 12:00 even before they left for the Black House?

2) Was this belief in the importance of high noon any different than the belief that Jack gave Beezer, Doc, and Dale with the honey that the bees had carried? Why or why not?

3) What other moments of belief were seen in the story that were much like these two examples?

Essay Topic 2

1) What was the significance of Burny telling Rebecca to look up Fitz Haarman in Hanover? Why was Rebecca and her findings not seen again?

2) Did it seem that the authors left the story unanswered by not showing the ending of some of the minor characters, such as Rebecca? Why or why not?

3) Was it necessary to the story's plot to kill Chipper? Why was Rebecca not killed also?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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