View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is blocking the sidewalk in front of the police station?

2. Where does Helen say she got the book she has been using as a planner?

3. What does Helen do after she and Oyster get into a fight over the page containing the culling song?

4. How old was Carl when he married?

5. What is the reaction of the officer who finds the cook who fell on the grill?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe the home of the race car driver.

2. Describe the house Carl and his wife make for their daughter.

3. What are the possible ways of revealing the words of the grimoire?

4. Describe what the police find when the arrive at the bar where Nash and Carl met?

5. What does Helen say about her method of controlling the power?

6. What is LaughLand and what does the brochure promise they'll find there?

7. What happens to the Book Barn and why?

8. List two of the class action lawsuits Oyster has advertised in chapter 23.

9. How does Carl come to realize that he really is in love with Helen?

10. Oyster compares himself with an animal when Helen kicks him out of the car. What does he say and what does he mean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the characters of Carl and Helen. Each have their own agendas with regard to the culling song. Remember to examine the similarities in their backgrounds.

Essay Topic 2

Carl and Helen visit several homes where children had died. Describe the similarities and differences of at least three of these.

Essay Topic 3

Of the characters in the book, which one is most likable and which is least likable? Compare those two characters including reasons readers will likely hate one of them and like the other.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 732 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample