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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. How many children does Rosalia have?

2. In Chapter 5 what does Odd compare being a short order cook to?

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

4. Who does Odd say that Horton Barks had had dinner with twenty years earlier?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe the Fungus Man as Odd sees him in Chapter 5.

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

7. Why does Odd suggest to the chief of police that he had to chase Harlo rather than going to the police?

8. In Chapter 6 describe the conversation between Odd and Viola about her dream.

9. What does the chief of police tell Odd about what to say about Harlo and the chase?

10. What does Odd notice about the differences between the study and the rest of 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

Pick one of the following to write about.

Part 1) Is there any indication that the prostitute at the church left after Odd spoke to her.

Part 2) Is it possible, or is there any indication that the coyotes that surrounded Odd at the church may have been influenced by something such as the bodachs?

Part 3) Speculate on what happened to Robertson after his group's plans were thwarted.

Essay Topic 3

This story is the first in the series.

Part 1) Which of the subplots in the story will be continued over to the next in the series?

Part 2) Which of the characters in the story seem to be characters that the author would want to use again in the series? Which of the characters will most likely not bee seen again in the story?

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