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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 John ask Odd's opinion about concerning Rodion?

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

3. What happens to John's computers?

4. How long does NSA plan to put John's body on ice?

5. What happens with Brother Maxwell during the fight?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the NSA do about Maxwell and Timothy and John?

6. How does Brother Timothy appear to Odd?

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

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

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

10. What does Rodion tell John he sees as John's problem with his son?

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

In the world of academe, fantasy is often considered an inferior form of the novel compared to "classic" literature. Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think fantasy might be considered second-rate compared to the classics?

2. Do you think fantasy has the same elements as the classics? Why or why not?

3. What are the purposes do you think for people reading "the classics"? What are the purposed for people reading fantasy? Is one purpose better than another? Explain your response.

4. Would you read fantasy even outside an educational setting? 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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