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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 do the cops find in Harlo's wallet when he is taken away by police?

3. What does Penny do that gives Odd strength in Chapter 1?

4. What does Ozzie advise Odd to get after hearing about Robertson's house and the black room?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when Odd chases Harlo?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Odd describe the relationship between him and Stormy in Chapter 1?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Terri to Odd.

Part 1) Is it possible that Terri is a shadow of what Odd will become in his grieving for Stormy as Terri does for her husband?

Part 2) In what ways are Terri and Odd different?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the chief's relationship with Odd.

Part 1) How is their relationship best described?

Part 2) What does it indicate that Odd is on the list of people to be allowed in when the chief is shot?

Part 3) What does the chief seem to indicate to Odd when questioning Odd about his future occupation after Odd helped to catch Harlo?

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) Is it believable that the conspirators in the story were devil worshipers?

Part 2) Does the description given coincide with the preconceived notion you already have about the behavior of what Satanic servants would be? Explain in what ways the author used any unique ideas in this description.

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