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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 did John Heineman feel when his son was born?

2. What does the second SUV do to get Rodion moving again?

3. For what is Timothy's body being used?

4. Who is driving the SUV behind Rodion?

5. How does the uberskeleton follow Odd?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Odd do when he leaves Justine and goes to Jacob's room?

2. How does Odd decide to leave, who picks him up and what actually happens instead?

3. What does Rodion translate the first door as and what is Odd's opinion of that translation? What is Rodion's opinion of it?

4. What does John tell Odd and Rodion about his work when they first begin to talk?

5. What happens when Brother Maxwell is fighting the ice creatures?

6. What favor does Odd ask of Ozzie?

7. What does Rodion tell John about the ice creatures?

8. What does Rodion say about Odd's interaction with Jacob, what does Odd ask Mother Superior and what does he think is the key to the situation?

9. What is the answer to the riddle of the three portraits on Mother Superior's wall?

10. What does Odd do when the creature comes out of Timothy's body? What does the creature do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Discuss the following:

1. Compare/contrast Brother Odd's world to that of "real" life. What are the advantages to each world? The disadvantages?

2. In which world would you rather live in if you possess no supernatural abilities? Explain your response.

3. If you had Odd's abilities how would you use them? Use examples from Brother Odd and your own life to illustrate your answer.

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