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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is sitting in the passenger seat of the car in chapter fourteen when Odd returns from Robertson's house?
(a) Stormy.
(b) Elvis.
(c) Chief of police.
(d) Robertson.

2. What does Odd say that heating and cooling does to the human mind?
(a) Makes it weak.
(b) Makes it brittle.
(c) Softens it.
(d) Drives it away from its owner.

3. What does Ozzie compare Robertson to in Chapter 17?
(a) Tazmanian devil.
(b) Pit viper.
(c) Demon of Canterville.
(d) Albino cockroach.

4. What talent does Ozzie feel that Odd is squandering?
(a) Singing.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Architect.
(d) Writing talent.

5. In Chapter 5 what does Odd compare being a short order cook to?
(a) A symphony conductor.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A brain surgeon.
(d) A theatre actor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Odd explain about his internal clock?

2. What does Odd hit Harlo with while Harlo is holding the little boy by the left foot?

3. Where does Odd learn that Robertson got his large sum of money?

4. What does Odd see in Chapter 14 before he leaves Robertson's house?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Granny Sugars described in Chapter 1?

2. Describe what happens when Odd steps into the black room.

3. How does Odd describe the bodachs in Chapter 4?

4. What does the chief tell Odd when he calls Odd in Chapter 21 after the police have went to the church?

5. Describe the scene in chapter fifteen when Odd goes to find Ozzie's cow has been blown up.

6. In Chapter 5 what comparison does Odd make between a short order cook and a symphony conductor?

7. What happens after Odd reenters the Fungus Man's house in Chapter 11?

8. What does Stormy and Odd talk about when he first tells her about breaking into Robertson's house?

9. At the beginning of Chapter 1 what does Odd say is the reason that he has written his memoir?

10. What does Odd find in Robertson's study in Chapter 13?

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