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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Odd say that the dead don't talk?
(a) The dead are only part of what they used to be.
(b) There is a gap between this world and the world of the dead.
(c) He doesn't know why.
(d) They speak only to the pure of heart.

2. What does Odd NOT reply when Harlo asks how Odd is doing?
(a) Sad.
(b) Angry.
(c) Bleak.
(d) Confused.

3. What does Rosalia say has happened to her family rather than them having died?
(a) Became cats.
(b) Went to another plane of consciousness.
(c) Left the country.
(d) Disappeared.

4. What do the cops find in Harlo's wallet when he is taken away by police?
(a) A letter to Penny's parents.
(b) A few dollars and a passport.
(c) Locks of Penny's hair soaked in blood.
(d) Pictures of Penny Kallisto.

5. Who does Odd say that Horton Barks had had dinner with twenty years earlier?
(a) Big Foot.
(b) A banshee.
(c) Elvis.
(d) Marilyn Monroe.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1 what does Odd say is the altar at which most people worship?

2. What does the name given to the man-made lake outside the city limits of Pico Mundo mean?

3. What does Odd say his Granny Sugars called God?

4. What does Porter tell Odd he is to say if someone asks why Odd chased Harlo?

5. What does Odd say you hear if you hold a seashell up to your ear which was found while excavating for a new subdivision in Pico Mundo?

(see the answer key)

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