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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. Why was Ming moody?

2. What do the kidnappers say they won't do to Holly?

3. At what age did the Rafferty children stop calling their parents 'mom and dad'?

4. What does Holly call Mitch?

5. Why did Mitch sit on the boulder?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mitch ration about Holly's comment that she knows where he is?

2. How did Anson rationalize meeting up with the ex-FBI agent, Julian Campbell?

3. What did the amount of money that Anson had secured mean to him? Why would he give it up?

4. Why couldn't Mitch utilize the equity in the house?

5. Why would the second gunman be patient?

6. What comparison does the kidnapper make in regards to Mitch?

7. How was Holly keeping herself busy?

8. What interested Lieutenant Taggart regarding Mitch's behavior?

9. How did Anson's revelation affect Mitch?

10. Why did the kidnappers want to involve Anson and not Iggy? What did the kidnappers say they would do to convince Anson to help Mitch?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Jimmy Null's fascination with objects that contain "soul" power? What does Null believe these objects are capable of? Why does he go to such great lengths to connect them? What connection do these objects have with seeking?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the two mansions in this book. What reason might Koontz have had for the two mansions? Explain their appearances in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Anson's betrayal of Mitch. How did Koontz set the reader up to take this information, and how did the reader react to Anson's order of the hit on Mitch? What specific things led the reader to seriously believe Mitch was going to gain some aid from his brother?

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