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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 is wrong with most of the children at the school?

2. How old was Jacob when his mother died?

3. Why does Odd put his palm on a plasma screen?

4. What does Odd sense when the keening stops?

5. Who is playing the piano in the recreation room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sister Clair Marie ask Odd and what does she do with his boots?

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

3. What does Brother Knuckles tell Odd he'll do about the body and what does he ask him?

4. What is wrong with Jacob?

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

6. What does Odd dream about in Chapter 9?

7. What does Odd do when he hears the church bell ring at the wrong time and what does he see?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many events that happen in BROTHER ODD are foreshadowed by previous events and/or signs. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "foreshadow."

2. Why would an author use foreshadowing? Do you think it adds or detracts from your experience as a reader? Explain.

3. Trace and analyze five instances of foreshadowing in BROTHER ODD. Match up what is mentioned earlier and what it foreshadows. Did you guess that each instance of foreshadowing was a "heads up" of something to come? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Most protagonists are a mixture of admirable traits and character flaws, and Odd Thomas is no exception. His determination and survival powers might contrast to his feelings of grief about not preventing Stormy's death or the way his mother felt about him. Discuss the following:

1. Trace and analyze situations when Odd demonstrates his determination. Give specific examples to illustrate your analysis.

2. Trace and analyze Odd's character flaws offering specific examples of these flaws in your discussion.

3. Discuss how you think Odd's admirable traits helped him keep Jacob and the other children safe. Have his flaws impacted his life at all? Do any of those who work with him seem to notice these flaws? Who? How does the reader know this?

Essay Topic 3

Some aspects of the metaphysical is in every Odd Thomas books. Discuss the following:

1. Define the term "metaphysical."

2. Discuss what elements of the metaphysical appear in the Odd Thomas books, e. g.: What elements of Odd Thomas seem outside the five senses? Give examples. What things that happen cannot be proved by normal scientific methods?

3. What challenges are there in reading a novel that is based in metaphysics?

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