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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 kind of experience is Odd looking for in a child?

2. What are the primary feelings Odd senses from the uberskeleton?

3. What happens to John's computers?

4. What does Rodion say to Odd about his hat?

5. How does Brother Maxwell feel about the ice creature that is trying to break into the school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Elvis do in the SUV and what does Odd tell him?

3. What does Odd do when he and Rodion reaches the Abbey?

4. What do Rodion and Odd deduce about Brother John and the monsters?

5. How do Odd and Rodion hope to get to John's Mew and what happens when they try?

6. What do the brothers do on the way back to the school and what comes out of the storm?

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

8. What comes after Odd while he is in John's Mew and what does Rodion do?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Brother Knuckles is ashamed of his past, and lives his life now in a manner that he hopes makes up for it a little bit. Having lived most of his first forty years as muscle for the mob, he had an awakening of spirit that began when he read the boss' daughter a bedtime story.

1. Based on what you have learned of Brother Knuckles' past, do you think he should be ashamed of his past? Why or why not? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

2. Do you think it is possible that a hardened mob enforcer could be moved by a children's book? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own experience to support your answer.

3. How common do you think a "awakening of the spirit" happens in the real world? Does Brother Knuckles decision to become a monk seem to be a reasonable choice for restitution of his past behavior? Why or why not? What else could he have done to make amends for his life?

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

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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