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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapters 2-9 mostly dealt with _______, setting a background for the story.
(a) Details.
(b) Narrative.
(c) Resolve.
(d) Exposition.

2. Why does Johanna end her relationship with Beck?
(a) She does not love Beck.
(b) Beck cheats on her.
(c) Beck is too involved in his studies.
(d) Johanna's father intensely dislikes Beck.

3. What does the author believe she has found after so many years of darkness?
(a) A man to protect her.
(b) A safe haven from non believers.
(c) A place of peace.
(d) A new religion.

4. Eventually, who does the author believe is really controlling the minds of the mind control group?
(a) God.
(b) An ancient God.
(c) A man.
(d) By Satan.

5. Where is Chapel Hill?
(a) In California.
(b) A part of the Art Institute of Boston.
(c) At the University of North Carloina.
(d) In Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gets the author through her childhood and adulthood?

2. What does the reader have a clear understanding of at the end of Chapter 9?

3. On a narrative level, what does chapter one serve as for the rest of the book?

4. What does Beck help the author through?

5. Who is Mephistopheles?

Short Essay Questions

1. As a young student, Johanna tampers with a Ouija Board. What does she believe about the board?

2. What is the double meaning for the words "Mind Control."

3. Who is Great Aunt Dixie?

4. What does the author seem to be searching for at the beginning of the novel?

5. Who does Johanna become very close to as a young girl?

6. As Johanna grows up and attends college, what interests her?

7. From an early age, what often distracted and bothered Johanna?

8. Who else does Johanna meet and become fast friends with?

9. Why does the author's relationship with Beck suddenly come to an end?

10. What literary device is prevalent during the first part of the book?

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