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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 Kelly suggest the Author do while she embalms a corpse to take his mind off what she is doing?

2. What is the name of a woman the Author has dinner with in San Francisco when Sharon calls and says seeing that woman is a mistake?

3. On page 201, how long has the Kid been with the Author in every city?

4. How tall was the Author's father?

5. When Sharon and the Author are in Bolton, how much does the Author think Sharon is wearing in designer clothing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Soot's mother punish him and why?

2. What happens one night after Paul and Soot are target practicing in the woods?

3. What is the Kid's favorite animal and why?

4. What does the Author say about Sharon when he sees that she is meeting him in Bolton?

5. What does Soot see and feel when his father dies?

6. What does a minister tell the people of Bolton who gathered to hear the Author?

7. How did Kelly decide to become an undertaker?

8. What type of house does Renny have, and why does he drive?

9. Why does Kelly go out with the Author?

10. Why does Sharon call the Author when he is having dinner with a woman named Kelly in San Francisco?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Soot can make himself disappear. How does Soot feel when he disappears and becomes Unseen? What does invisibility give him or do for him?

Essay Topic 2

Setting is the place and time where a novel takes place. What are the settings in Hell of a Book? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

Essay Topic 3

The Author is a daydreamer. How are the Author’s daydreams different from other people’s daydreams? How and why do his daydreams and imagination cause him to struggle with reality?

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