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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. What does the waitress, Viola, tell Odd she saw in her dream?
(a) She was drowning.
(b) She had been shot in the head and was dead.
(c) She had a knife in her back.
(d) She had her head cut off.

2. What day does Odd say the story begins on?
(a) A week before summer vacation.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) The day after Halloween.
(d) Sunday.

3. How does Odd say that bodachs get into places?
(a) Through holes or crevices.
(b) Attached to people.
(c) Walk through walls.
(d) Materialize wherever they want.

4. In Chapter 13 who does Odd recognize in one of the pictures in Fungus Man's study?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Ghandi.
(c) Charles Manson.
(d) Jeffrey Dahmer.

5. How does Odd feel when he leaves Ozzie's house in Chapter 17?
(a) Watched.
(b) Saddened.
(c) Burdened.
(d) Lighter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Odd NOT say that the bodachs have reminded him of in Chapter 12?

2. Why does Odd suggest he had to confront Harlo right then?

3. What does Ozzie tell Odd to bring Stormy around to see?

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

5. When Odd travels into the room what does he turn and see standing in the doorway?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Odd first sees Harlo how is Harlo's past described?

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

3. How is Granny Sugars described in Chapter 1?

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

5. How does Odd describe the connection between Elvis and Terri in Chapter 6?

6. Describe the conversation that Odd and the chief have in Chapter 20 after Stormy and Odd leave the church.

7. What does Stormy and Odd discuss in Chapter 21 about marriage?

8. How does Odd say he has simplified his life and why as it is described in Chapter 6?

9. Describe the places in which Odd has seen the bodachs, or expects he would have seen them, as he explains in Chapter 5.

10. What does Odd notice about the differences between the study and the rest of Robertson's house?

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