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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Odd say he knows to be true although he doesn't know much about our life?
(a) Fate intervenes in life.
(b) The best things to eat in life are often the least healthy.
(c) There are no coincidences.
(d) Destiny works with free will.

2. What were the clergy of the Church of the Whispering Comet convicted of?
(a) Stealing from charitable organiztions.
(b) Child pornography.
(c) Production and distribution of ecstasy.
(d) Smuggling illegal aliens.

3. Why does Odd say that his father gave his mother a generous lifestyle to live in?
(a) Because he had loved her.
(b) She was the mother of his child.
(c) She had good lawyers.
(d) He feared her.

4. What does Odd say that he and his mother were free to discuss?
(a) Things that didn't disturb her.
(b) The dead.
(c) Whatever made life freer.
(d) Things of her choosing.

5. What does Odd say that he doesn't long for?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Change.
(c) Stability.
(d) Education.

6. What does Odd say his mother qualifies as in his dictionary?
(a) Insane.
(b) Devilish.
(c) Cruel.
(d) Morbid.

7. What does Rafus Carter say he believes to be true about the person that shot the chief?
(a) They are cold blooded killers.
(b) It was a group of people.
(c) It was someone the chief knew.
(d) They have already left the country.

8. What does Odd think as he looks at his mother while he leaves in Chapter 53?
(a) Someone will have to lock her up.
(b) She will kill herself.
(c) This will be the last time he sees her.
(d) She won't forgive him for this.

9. What does Odd use as a weapon when confronted by the coyotes in Chapter 37?
(a) Robertson's shoe.
(b) Broken bottle.
(c) An acme package.
(d) His flashlight.

10. Why did Odd's mother point a gun at him when he was five?
(a) Because he had a fever.
(b) Because she had drank too much.
(c) Because he had asked for a hug.
(d) Because he was coughing.

11. Where does Odd say that Stormy has gotten most of the objects used to furnish her apartment?
(a) Wal-Mart.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Thrift stores.
(d) She made them.

12. What does Odd's father ask him?
(a) If Stormy is pregnant.
(b) If there might be another girl that Odd could be interested in.
(c) If he is sure Stormy isn't a lesbian.
(d) Why Odd wants to ruin his life.

13. What does Odd find when he goes to the chief's house in Chapter 39?
(a) The chief has had a heart attack.
(b) Elvis is there on the roof.
(c) Bodachs cover the house.
(d) The chief has been shot.

14. What does Mr. Takuda say that Odd would poison his life with if he put into it?
(a) Anything greater than what he can learn to let go of at the end of the day.
(b) Drugs or mathmatics.
(c) Academia or drug dealing.
(d) Business school or other academia.

15. In chapter thirty-six what does Odd say he doesn't trust Robertson to do?
(a) Stay at the Church.
(b) Make peace.
(c) Stay dead.
(d) Cross over.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Odd notice when he is forced to touch Bob Robertson while moving Robertson out of the bathtub?

2. Where does Odd go in the beginning of Chapter 48?

3. What does Odd realize the bullet wound on Robertson's chest has gone through?

4. What does Odd explain that the Church of the Whispering Comet looks like?

5. What does Ozzie tell Odd that people will find the truth of life in?

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