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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 Harry say it is when Susan asks what creature is at the door?

2. Who does Harry decide is the key to solving the case at the end of chapter nineteen?

3. What does Murphy hand to Harry, splattered with Linda's blood, after the other men leave with Linda's body?

4. What does Murphy say about the Beckitt's daughter?

5. What does Harry find in chapter eighteen under the bed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the photographer tell Harry about what he knows in chapter nineteen?

2. Describe what happens when the figure of the killer appears to Harry outside his apartment in chapter fourteen?

3. What does Harry decide when Murphy asks him to tell her what he knows and what he is keeping hidden in chapter fifteen?

4. Describe the crime scene where Linda's body is discovered.

5. What happens in chapter twenty-one when Harry calls his office?

6. Describe the conversation that takes place between Monica's daughter and Harry as he leaves Monica's house.

7. What does Harry realize in chapter thirteen when he awakens to a thunderstorm?

8. What happens when Harry first arrives at Marcone's club?

9. What does Harry see at Victor's house when he opens his Third Eye?

10. What does Marcone give as the reason that he isn't willing to help Harry in chapter seventeen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Comic relief is often used as an important literary tool in a story.

Part 1) What characters in the story provide comic relief?

Part 2) How would the story have changed without these moments of comic relief?

Essay Topic 2

When Harry is standing outside Victor Sells's house Harry feels the draw of the negative energy in realizing that he could kill Victor Sells without even going in the house.

Part 1) What does it reveal about Harry's personality that he feels this draw?

Part 2) What does it reveal to the reader about the draw of the dark magic?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the importance of family relationships.

Part 1) What family relationships are seen in the story?

Part 2) Which of these seems to have the largest impact on the characters in the story or to be the most important? Explain your answer.

Part 3) How is the Beckitt's love for their daughter viewed differently than Monica Sells's love for her children?

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