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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 Odd do about a panel on the wall?

2. How does Odd feel when the thing leaves the school?

3. What is the name of the other spiritual pilgrim at the Abbey?

4. What does the figure in Chapter 25 do while looking at Odd?

5. What does Odd tell Sister Angela about Constantine?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who visits Odd in Chapter 4, what does Odd tell her and what does she suggest?

2. What does the figure in the bell tower try to do and what is Constantine's response?

3. What does Odd tell Mother Superior about Constantine?

4. What does Odd realize as he is checking the computers at the monastery?

5. What does Jacob tell Odd when Odd presses him for information?

6. What does Odd ask Brother John and what is John's response?

7. What does Rodion tell Odd about quantum theory?

8. What type of children are at St. Bartholomew's?

9. What does Justine do when Odd visits her room?

10. What happens when Odd is coming back from visiting John's Mew in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A clear and prominent theme of BROTHER ODD is that of death. Discuss the following:

1. Thoroughly trace and analyze the theme of death in BROTHER ODD. What are some symbols to represent death? Are there different types of death? Is death really death? Is death an illusion or real?

2. Discuss the attitude of the following characters towards death: Odd Thomas, Sister Angela, Brother Knuckles, Brother Maxwell, Brother John, and Rodion.

3. After reading BROTHER ODD, if you thought it was an accurate portrayal of what death is, would you welcome it or run from it? Explain fully with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Jacob is plagued by a recurring nightmare in which a black hooded figure approaches him. Jacob often wakes from this dream in the grip of a panic. It seems Jacob is uninterested in learning the truth about the dream, perhaps afraid of finding out something he does not want to know, such as that it is his father who wants him dead.

1. Why do you think Jacob doesn't want to find out the cause of his nightmares? Use examples from the text and your own thoughts to support your answer.

2. Do you think nightmares always have a cause? Why or why not?

3. Describe a recurring nightmare you or someone you know has had. Compare it to Jacob's. How do you or the person having the nightmare deal with it?

Essay Topic 3

Whenever reading a science fiction or fantasy novel, one must become familiar with new terminology that explains concepts or technology that is not a part of the "real" world. In the case of BROTHER ODD, much of the setting is familiar to the reader, though there are new ideas and terms to learn. Discuss the following:

1. Find five terms that are a part of Brother Odd's world that occur in the "real" world but are used differently in Odd's world. Define the words as used in in Odd's world and compare those five words as to how they are currently used in the American English language.

2. There are ways of learning about a new world or time when reading a science fiction or fantasy novel. Discuss the ways you were able to understand the world of BROTHER ODD. Did you have to look up any words? What does it mean to learn a word through its context? Do you have to do that in Brother Odd? What word(s)?

3. Were there any words you never really understood from Brother Odd? Which ones?

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