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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. Where does Odd say that Stormy has gotten most of the objects used to furnish her apartment?

2. Who does Rosalia tell Odd that he reminds her of?

3. What does Odd say that Poltergeists are?

4. What were the clergy of the Church of the Whispering Comet convicted of?

5. What does the nurse advise Odd to do with Robertson's card?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Rosalia say happened before Odd comes to check in on her in Chapter 44?

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

4. What does Shamus tell Odd about the card?

5. 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?

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

7. What happens when Odd goes to see Viola in Chapter 25 and is continued in Chapter 26?

8. What happens when Odd goes back to Robertson's house looking for a clue as to who is Robertson's partner?

9. What conversation does Odd and Stormy have in Chapter 45?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Odd seems to have no grand ambitions in the story.

Part 1) Why does Odd not give thought to starting up some business even if only in his small town? Does this indicate anything about Odd's personality?

Part 2) Is there a possibility that Odd wants to go to work at the tire shop because of the ghost that seems to be stuck there? Explain.

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