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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 Theo get Didi to come with him?

2. Who can the Eremite sense as they get closer?

3. What is the Eremite's name?

4. What does Didi wonder about while eating after leaving the apartment?

5. Why does Didi want Sexton to go with her and Theo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sexton say to the girl with the gloves when he first meets her?

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

3. What does Foxglove sing about?

4. What strange thing happens when Didi takes a cab to the club?

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

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

7. Why does Didi yell at Sexton?

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

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

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 is the significance and meaning of the title of this book, and how was it weaved into the story line?

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

What did Didi say was the purpose of her day as a mortal, and how did the other main characters respond to this idea?

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