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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 are the primary feelings Odd senses from the uberskeleton?

2. Why does Rodion come to a stop on the way to school?

3. What pops out of the wall when Brother Timothy's body moves?

4. What does Odd tell Rodion about his physic magnetism?

5. When and where did Jacob first see the hooded figure?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happened to Flossie that has made her emotionally ill?

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

7. What does Odd tell Rodion when he reaches him and what does Rodion tell Odd?

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

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

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

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

A clear and prominent theme of BROTHER ODD is that of death. Discuss the following:

1. Thoroughly trace and analyze the theme of death in BROTHER ODD. What are some symbols to represent death? Are there different types of death? Is death really death? Is death an illusion or real?

2. Discuss the attitude of the following characters towards death: Odd Thomas, Sister Angela, Brother Knuckles, Brother Maxwell, Brother John, and Rodion.

3. After reading BROTHER ODD, if you thought it was an accurate portrayal of what death is, would you welcome it or run from it? Explain fully with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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