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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 Mr. Munshun say that Burny must make sure of when bringing Tyler to the station?

2. What had happened to Daisy Temperly?

3. What does Dale notice about Jack as they are beginning into the Black House in Chapter twenty-eight?

4. What does Burny say about the other two special ones, Patricia and Blaine?

5. Why does Sonny tell the others to go get Beezer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Burny die?

3. What does Jack discover when he goes to visit Tansy at her home?

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

5. What does Sonny remember about Harko?

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

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

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

9. What does Doc remember about Daisy Temperly?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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?

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