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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 does The Friend in the book communicate with Jim Jamison?

2. How did Jim's parent's actually die?

3. What does Holly discover about the librarian?

4. What separates the cemetery from the park?

5. Why is Jim better than Superman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is interesting about The Black Windmill?

2. What chance does Holly offer Henry?

3. What is the significance of Holly's trip to the house?

4. How does Holly make Henry cry?

5. What does the trip to the pharmacy reveal?

6. When does the tide change again?

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

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

9. Why does Jim want to stop for supplies?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think Jim is truly disturbed, and why? How does this impact on his relationships with the other characters?

Essay Topic 2

If the book were made into a film, how would Koontz's style of narrative be reflected in film? Would the book make a good film?

Essay Topic 3

How does Koontz depict multiple personality disorder in the book? How does it differ from clinically diagnosed multiple personality disorder? Do you think that Koontz's version of the the symptoms are believable? In what way has he stretched the truth to suit the story?

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