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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 speculate about what makes the room turn into the black room?

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

3. Where do Stormy and Odd eat in Chapter 18?

4. What does Odd realize about the time when he is thrown from the room in Chapter 10?

5. What does Terri offer to loan Odd to check out Fungus Man?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Granny Sugars described in Chapter 1?

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

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

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

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

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

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 the chief of police tell Odd about what to say about Harlo and the chase?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1) What is one of the major themes in this story? In what ways is this theme shown? Could this be a theme for other books in this series?

Part 2) When Odd alludes to what is going to happen later in the story does this seem to be the same as foreshadowing? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Odd was willing to do whatever it took to save Viola but he wasn't willing to say anything to the blond girl from the bowling alley.

Part 1) Explain the differences in these two characters for Odd.

Part 2) Why does the author chose never to name this girl and Odd chooses never to casually speak to her?

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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