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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 say his mother qualifies as in his dictionary?

2. Where does Odd go in the beginning of Chapter 48?

3. What does Odd see that Granny Sugars had always said was an omen of bad cards in poker?

4. Why did Odd's mother point a gun at him when he was five?

5. What does the nurse say about the card?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Odd explain in Chapter 35 he now knows about Robertson that he hadn't understood earlier when he went to Robertson's house?

2. Why does Odd explain that he is feeling guilty about Bob Robertson's death?

3. Explain what Odd does with the body and his reasoning behind it.

4. What does Odd suspect about Cymry?

5. What do Stormy and Odd talk about in Chapter 27 when she tells Odd she is in a hurry to get married?

6. What happens when Odd arrives at the mall in Chapters 57 and 58?

7. What does Odd find at the abandoned church when he goes there to hide Robertson's body?

8. How does Odd explain that Terri's interest in Elvis and her dead husband are connected?

9. Describe what Odd finds when he returns to his apartment after leaving Stormy's.

10. What does Odd find in Robertson's freezer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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