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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stormy say that the gypsy inside the machine did after giving Stormy and Odd their card stating they were destined to be together forever?
(a) Smiled.
(b) Laughed.
(c) Quit working.
(d) Winked.

2. Where was the chief shot?
(a) Three in the chest and once in the head.
(b) One in the chest and one in the butt.
(c) Two in the abdomen and three in the chest.
(d) Two to the backs.

3. What is Odd afraid that Viola would say if he asked her if she saw death in him?
(a) She saw death all around him.
(b) She didn't know.
(c) Yes.
(d) She saw death on him although not in him.

4. Where does Stormy say she thinks it would have been nice to live in Chapter 27?
(a) Nearer the ocean.
(b) Anywhere but Pico Mundo.
(c) The mountains.
(d) Arkansas.

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

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

7. What does Odd see when the female ghost in chapter thirty-eight unfolds her arms?
(a) A burn.
(b) A knife wound.
(c) Two bullet holes.
(d) A cool tattoo.

8. What does Viola say that she can go on August 15 rather than stay home or go to the movies?
(a) Get on a plane.
(b) Her sister's house.
(c) Her mother's house.
(d) To work.

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

10. How has Bob Robertson been killed?
(a) Stabbed in the abdomen.
(b) Shot to the back of the head.
(c) Gun shot to the chest.
(d) Strangled.

11. What does Odd notice when he is forced to touch Bob Robertson while moving Robertson out of the bathtub?
(a) Robertson needs to use more moisturzer.
(b) Odd gets a premonition of the murder.
(c) Robertson is colder than Odd would have thought.
(d) Robertson is warmer than he should be.

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

13. What tattoo does Odd realize that Robertson has on his body?
(a) The letters MOM.
(b) The letters FOL.
(c) The word SataN.
(d) A picture of a demon.

14. What does Odd find in his apartment when he arrives?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A dead body.
(c) A letter.
(d) A bloddy knife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shamus say that the card says?

2. What does Odd think as he looks at his mother while he leaves in Chapter 53?

3. What does Odd say is one reason that his grandmother didn't intervene on his behalf when he was little?

4. What does Odd see that Granny Sugars had always said was an omen of bad cards in poker?

5. What is the length of Odd's father's affairs?

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