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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. Where does Lee go with the Lucky Toss girl?

2. How does Lee get into Keri-Ann's room after Sully has locked Maren in there?

3. Why does Maren study the babylonians?

4. What does Dr. Worth say to Maren about the number of visitors her dad has had?

5. How did Maren come to start sleeping in Keri-Ann's room?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lee feel about seeing Sully at the carnival?

2. What does Maren find out about what happened when Frank was a boy and a man at a gas station?

3. Who does Maren first meet in her dad's hometown? What is the person's name? What is this person's relation to Maren?

4. How does Maren feel about seeing Sully at the carnival?

5. Why does Lee eat Keri-Ann?

6. Why does Maren's mom become afraid of Frank?

7. At the carnival, when do Lee and Maren spot Sully?

8. Why does Frank leave Maren's mom before she gives birth to Maren?

9. Why does Travis go to his police friend for information?

10. What does Mrs. Harmon say about Sully in Maren's dream of her and Mrs. Harmon talking? What does Mrs. Harmon say about Maren in Maren's dream?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Lee let Maren eat him? What are the circumstances surrounding that moment? What are the differences in regard to honesty and intention between Lee and the other boys Maren has eaten? How does this difference affect how Maren feels afterward? How is Maren changed after eating Lee?

Essay Topic 2

Maren, Lee, and Sully all have normal thoughts and behaviors except for their special ability and desire to eat people. Why does DeAngelis write the characters this way? How does this choice affect the story? How does this choice affect you as you read the story?

Essay Topic 3

What role does food play in the story? What kind of food do the characters eat when they are not eating people? Why do you think DeAngelis chose that kind of food?

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