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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. Who does Didi take with her to look for something for Hettie?

2. Who does what Hettie is looking for belong to?

3. What does Didi tell Hettie she will look for?

4. What is the Ankh?

5. What amazes Sexton when he and Didi get to the Undercut?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Eremite do to help Theo know who Didi is?

2. How does Didi say Sexton will probably die, and what consolation does she give him?

3. Why does Didi yell at Sexton?

4. How does Didi fight against Sexton's reasoning that she is not Death?

5. What happens when Sexton and Didi play with a rebounding clown toy?

6. What does Didi tell Sexton about crazy people?

7. What does the girl with the gloves say to Sexton in the club about her 'friend'?

8. What does Didi apologize to Sexton for?

9. Why does Sexton tell Didi he agrees to stay with her?

10. What does Didi say she feels guilty about while trapped in the vacant building?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happened to the girl with the gloves, and why was this significant to Sexton and his life?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Curiosity was a trait that a few characters possessed. Who were these characters, and how did this trait affect their lives?

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