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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. Why did the girl's friend try to commit suicide?

2. Who does the Eremite tell when he senses someone coming closer?

3. What does Sexton do at the beginning of Chapter 2?

4. How did the girl's friend try to commit suicide?

5. Who owns the Ankh?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sexton's father do for a living?

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

3. What does the girl with the gloves say her 'friend' felt when she woke up?

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

5. Why is Hazel at the club?

6. What does Didi do just after leaving her apartment?

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

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

9. Why does Didi yell at Sexton?

10. What does the Eremite tell Sexton he is witnessing 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

Shame and propriety are common themes throughout this book. What are some of the instances where these themes are present, and why are they so important to the characters involved?

Essay Topic 3

Theo was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence, however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if he had not been in the book at all?

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