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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 Odd explain about his internal clock?
(a) It is fifteen minutes slow.
(b) It is not very reliable.
(c) It cannot be changed.
(d) He doesn't have one.

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

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

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

5. What does Odd think is possibly the reason that Terri is so obsessed with Elvis' life?
(a) She had a family connection to him.
(b) She wanted to be famous.
(c) She may be a latent medium.
(d) She began dreaming of Elvis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Odd tell Viola will happen to her?

2. Who is sitting in the passenger seat of the car in chapter fourteen when Odd returns from Robertson's house?

3. What does Stormy tell Odd that the bodachs are in the beginning of Chapter 8 when Odd tells her that there are three of them with the Fungus Man?

4. What does the waitress, Viola, tell Odd she saw in her dream?

5. What does Odd tell Ozzie to do after Odd is out of the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Camp's End as it is explained in Chapter 9?

2. Describe what Odd feels when he watches the Fugus Man at Stormy's ice cream shop?

3. What does Odd believe the black room to be after he first encounters it?

4. In chapter fourteen what does the chief tell Odd that they have found out about Robertson?

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

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

7. What happens when Odd chases Harlo?

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

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

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

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