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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. How does Candy capture his prey?

2. What does Candy believe happened to Samantha?

3. How many sisters does Candy have?

4. What is Decodyne?

5. What does Frank find in his hands when he wakes up in the car?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Frank see as he looks out the window of the abandoned apartment complex he has chosen as his hiding place?

2. What insights does Julie have about her brother and what does she think will make him happy?

3. What does Frank do after he has been driving for awhile and why does he choose now to do it?

4. How does Frank feel in Chapter eleven and what doe she do because of this feeling?

5. What does Bobby do when he hears gunfire and what happens when it stops?

6. How does Frank try to rationalize his inability to sleep and then what does he eventually admit is the true reason for this inability?

7. How is Bobby feeling about his wife and how does he handle these feelings?

8. What is Candy appalled to learn from Violet?

9. What is different about Frank when he wakes up in the motel room?

10. What is Candy doing when he leaves his house and what part is he doing to please his mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways were disabilities used in the novel? Were they positively or negatively depicted? Support your answer with specific examples from the reading.

Essay Topic 2

Describe how the theme of hunter and prey was developed throughout the novel. In what ways was this theme overturned? In what ways was it successful?

Essay Topic 3

How did the author make the ideas of teleportation and telekinesis seem real? What techniques did he use to help the characters seem realistic and believable to the reader?

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