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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 did Candy drink from his mother?

2. Who does Frank think he really is?

3. Who seems to understand Thomas's warnings?

4. Which of the following terms best describes how Bobby is feeling at this time?

5. What seems to happen to Julie in Bobby's nightmare?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads Bobby to tell Julie about his fears and how does she respond?

2. What does Julie see when she drives toward Bobby and what does she do?

3. What do Bobby and Julie find out that Rasmussen is up to in Decodyne?

4. After Bobby and Julie make love, what sudden feeling does Bobby get and how does he respond to this feeling?

5. What does Frank find as he searches his own pockets and unzips the bag?

6. What does Frank do after he jumps out of the window of the abandoned apartment complex and what does he hope to learn?

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

8. What did Thomas try to tell Julie when she visited him and how did this work for him?

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

10. What do the police find while searching for Rasmussen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the theme of greed portrayed throughout the novel? Which characters were affected by their greed? Do you think this was a realistic portrayal? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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