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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 name(s) does Mitch tell Taggart?

2. What time did Mitch arrive in the city of Orange?

3. How many shots did Mitch put into Jimmy Null?

4. Where is Mitch supposed to meet the kidnapper?

5. What happened to Julian Campbell?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Holly concerned about regarding her baby?

2. How was money not an object for Thomas Turnbridge? What did he do with the money?

3. Why does Mitch look at his hands, and what does he expect to see?

4. Why would no one driving past Mitch fail to give him special scrutiny?

5. Who does Holly keep thinking about? What gives her an idea?

6. Why did Mitch not invite his parents to the wedding?

7. What was the chair they had built for Anthony in memory of?

8. What did Mitch's vows mean to him?

9. How does Holly feel about the items taken from the child's grave?

10. What sign did the kidnapper see above the girls and what did he perceive it to mean?

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

Discuss Anson's change in attitude before he was confined by Mitch and after. How did he change and was it for the better? Why or why not? Speculate on whether or not Anson's attitude is likely to change and whether it will be for better or for worse following a stint in prison.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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