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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 do Rodion and Odd get to the basement floor of the school?

2. What does Odd want to do with Flossie?

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

4. What is the white material holding Timothy like?

5. What does Odd ask Sister Angela about Justine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What worries Odd about John's computers that NSA took and what is Rodion's response?

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

3. 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?

4. What was Brother John's response to his fiance pregnancy and the birth of his son?

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

6. How does Odd figure out what's happening with Timothy as he watches the dead monk?

7. When did Jacob first meet the Neverwas and what are the ice creatures relationship to it?

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

9. What do the brothers ask Odd when in the school and why does Odd tell them?

10. What does Sister Angela tell Odd when he asks about Justine and what does Odd think about the information?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

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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