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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 Mouse say it is that helped him see the house?

2. What does Potter tell Jack he has?

3. Who is the first to vomit when they get to the Black House?

4. What does Mouse do when he is lucid for a moment?

5. What does Mr. Munshun say to Burny in chapter twenty-six when he is trying to get Burny to get up and go move Tyler?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Burny die?

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

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

4. Describe the scene in Chapter eighteen when Tansy Freneau walks into the bar.

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

6. What does Jack do after Munshun is dead?

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

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

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

10. What happens when Jack first opens the door to the Black House?

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

1) Do you feel that Jack was lying when he would keep partial truths from people, such as telling Dr. Spiegleman that what he was doing was somewhat like profiling? Why or why not?

2) Would you consider Jack a true hero or a flawed hero? Why?

3) Would you rather read about a hero that is flawed or one that fights the profile of a knight in shining armor? Why?

Essay Topic 3

1) How would you describe Henry Leyden?

2) What was the purpose of Henry's multiple radio personalities?

3) Why did Henry use those personalities to give Jack the final message before he died?

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