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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Odd explain about his internal clock?

2. What does Odd NOT say that Terri is for him?

3. In Chapter 13 who does Odd recognize in one of the pictures in Fungus Man's study?

4. What has Harlo put on the white pieces of felt?

5. Who does Odd say is the only person who knows all of his secrets?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What condition is Fungus Man's house in when Odd enters it in Chapter 9?

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

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

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

7. What does Mrs. Sanchez think has happened to her family?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) Speculate on the significance of the gypsy doll that gave Odd and Stormy their fortune.

Part 2) Why was this spoken of so often?

Part 3) How does the reader's perception of the fortune change after the death of Stormy?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Stormy.

Part 1) Why is it that Stormy refuses to stay home from work even though she has been very worried about Odd?

Part 2) Is there any indication that Stormy may regret her choice?

Part 3) What does it say about Stormy that she was willing to get a tattoo so that she and Odd had matching birthmarks?

Essay Topic 3

Ozzie, Terri and the chief all have a significant role in Odd's life.

Part 1) Compare these three characters and the place that they have in Odd's life.

Part 2) Terri is described as the mother figure and the chief is the father figure. What role does Ozzie seem to fall into?

Part 3) Speculate on the ways that Odd and Terri's relationship will change now that Odd has lost his love much like Terri did.

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