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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. How old is Woody when Alex meets him?

2. Where does Doug live?

3. In Chapter 1, where does Alex say his girlfriend is?

4. How old is Alex?

5. What is Beverly Lucas' occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Professor Fiacre give for the Touch being a small, relatively unknown sect?

2. How does Beverly describe Woody?

3. Why does Milo tell the receptionist that he does not need a warrant to see Jan Rambo?

4. Why does Raoul say the parents who were Jehovah's Witnesses, were happy when Raoul took them to court to force them to allow blood transfusions for their daughter?

5. Why does Doug Carmichael keep his job with Adam and Eve Messenger Service a secret?

6. What background does Diane Severe have that Alex believes makes her uniquely able to understand children?

7. Why is Alex frustrated when Raoul shows up for their first meeting regarding Woody?

8. Who are the Touchers?

9. Why did Milo choose not to take the lieutenants exam when it was offered to him?

10. Why does Alex describe Raoul's world as "madness"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did the author choose first person point of view to tell this story? What advantages to using first person are there? What are the disadvantages?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss determination as a motif of the novel. Which characters exhibit determination and what are they determined to do? How does determination fit as a motif of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

How are Alex and Noble Mathias alike? What in their past is alike? How does each man react to their traumatic past? What leads Alex down a different path than Noble?

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