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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 is the length of Odd's father's affairs?

2. Who does Odd go to see in Chapter 51?

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

4. What climbs out of Robertson's mouth?

5. What does Odd find in his bathroom in Chapter 31?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Karla say happened before the chief was shot?

2. Explain what Odd decides to do after he finds Robertson's body in his bathroom.

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

4. What does Odd suspect about Cymry?

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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