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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 Holly discover about the librarian?

2. What kind of act did Jim's parents have?

3. How does The Friend manage to unsettle Jim?

4. What kind of pharmacy is Handahls?

5. What does Henry hold against his chest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What chance does Holly offer Henry?

2. What does Holly find on the tablets?

3. Why will The Friend not let go of Jim?

4. Why does Holly pretend to be unmoved by The Enemy's threats?

5. How significant is Holly's conversation with Eloise Glynn?

6. How does Holly's dream differ to Jim's?

7. When did Jim's grandfather Henry pass away?

8. Why do Holly and Jim not stay in the house?

9. What does the trip to the pharmacy reveal?

10. Why does Jim want to stop for supplies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following characters and discuss how the narrative would be affected if they were left out.

1. Henry Ironheart.

2. Corbett Handahl.

3. Eloise Glynn.

Essay Topic 2

Choose a character and examine their lives at the start of the book. Compare this to how they have changed by the end of the story. What motivates these changes?

Essay Topic 3

How do the talents of Jim and Holly differ? How is this difference used to develop the book's themes and evolution of each character?

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