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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 real reason Julie wants to stick it out with this case?

2. What does the creature Dr. Manfred examines eat?

3. What kind of life form does Dr. Manfred identify for Bobby and Clint?

4. Why is Frank in the hospital?

5. How does Hal know there is another person who can teleport?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Frank learn who he was and how does he feel when he learns the truth?

2. What did Frank tell Bobby about the places he teleported him and how did Bobby respond?

3. What happens when Hal begins to hear flute-like music?

4. How does Thomas feel about death and why does he feel this way?

5. What happened to Mrs. Farris, her daughters, and her brother?

6. What does Candy wonder about as he lies in bed?

7. What information do Dr. Manfred and his colleague share with Bobby and Clint about the insect he was to dissect?

8. What is Chen's opinion of using the computer to trace the money Frank has?

9. What experience do Violet and Verbina have with the hawk and how do they share this experience?

10. What does Lisa tell Bobby and Clint about the black sand and what suggestion does she give them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way were family relationships described throughout the novel? What relationships seemed to contradict each other? Do you think this was intentional? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

If you were Frank how would you have reacted to the situation? Would you have done what he did at the end? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

In what ways did the author foreshadow events throughout the novel? Was the foreshadowing effective? Why or why not?

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