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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 Helen have with her when she arrives at the house?

2. Why does Helen say she performs assassinations?

3. What do Helen and Oyster smell like when they return?

4. What happens to the security guards at the Book Barn?

5. What does Helen say she did with the page containing the culling song?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Helen's situation when Carl arrives and what is her eventual fate?

2. What happens to the Book Barn and why?

3. What's wrong with Carl's foot and how is the injury tended while he's in the motel?

4. Describe the features of the planner that make Mona realize it's the grimoire.

5. Why does Carl say tearing up the page and throwing it out the window isn't good enough?

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

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

8. What is the spell Helen has Carl say and what happens when he says it?

9. What is Carl's phone call to 911?

10. What is the result of the phenomenon that happens in Stone River?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe at least three instances in the story in which magic or spells are used. Are these reasonable in the context of the book? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What is the main theme of this story? List at least three examples of that theme and at least one reason why the theme is important to the story line.

Essay Topic 3

Describe how the grimoire originally came into Helen's possession. Compare it's original purpose with what Helen uses it for.

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