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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 find in the container in Robertson's freezer with the name Heather Johnson on it?

2. What does Ozzie tell Odd that people will find the truth of life in?

3. What does Odd notice when he is forced to touch Bob Robertson while moving Robertson out of the bathtub?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Shamus tell Odd about the card?

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

4. Explain what happens in Chapter 52 when Odd goes to see his mother.

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

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

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

8. Why does Odd explain that he doesn't gamble?

9. What does Odd find when he reexamines Robertson's body?

10. When Odd's mother comes out of the house what does she tell Odd?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Odd has dreams when he sleeps.

Part 1) Speculate on how it would effect a person to dream of people dying when you were a child.

Part 2) Does it seem more likely that Odd inherited this gift/curse, like his supposed aunt Cymry, or that it was a result of the trauma experienced at the hands of his mother?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the bodachs.

Part 1) Is it believable that the bodachs manipulated Odd in order to help the satan worshipers carry out their plans for muder? Explain your reasoning.

Part 2) Since all four characters involved in the shooting and Robertson moved to Pico Mundo in order to commit this crime it is possible that the bodachs somehow lead the men here in order to get to Odd? Explain your answer.

Part 3) Did the bodachs get between Odd and Varner knowing that it will limit Odd's view of Varner? Explain.

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