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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 does Stackhouse discover on the playground fence in Section VI, Chapter 11?

2. What does Kalisha give Luke before leaving in Section IX, Chapter 4?

3. In Section V, Chapter 20, what does Luke use to dig a hole under the fence?

4. Upon reaching Chicago, whom will Nicky call, as revealed in Section IX, Chapter 3?

5. What protein indicates a high likelihood of psychic ability, as explained in Section VI, Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What demands does Luke make of Stackhouse in Section VIII, Chapter 6?

2. What is the Zero Phone? Why is Mrs. Sigsby afraid of it, as explained in Section VI, Chapter 13?

3. Who cares for Luke after he jumps from the train at the beginning of Section VII? Who believes his tale?

4. How does Luke escape from the Institute in Section V, Chapter 20?

5. What tragic situation happens in Section V, Chapter 5?

6. What advice does Dr. Hendricks give the staff in Section VIII, Chapter 31?

7. Section V, Chapter 1, how does Luke change after learning his parents are gone? What are the results of this change?

8. How does Mrs. Sigsby die in Section VIII, Chapter 22?

9. What dream does Kalisha have in Section VIII, Chapter 4?

10. How does Luke dismantle the reasoning behind Smith's use of precognatives in Section IX, Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story by using an omniscient perspective. How does viewing the action through the eyes of an omniscient narrator affect the story? How would the book be different if the story was told through just one perspective?

Essay Topic 2

Does the end justify the means? How does the novel answer this question? How would Mrs. Sigsby answer this question? How would Tim Jamieson?

Essay Topic 3

At the beginning of the novel, the narrator states, “Great events turn on small hinges” (9). Explain how this idea is essential to the novel as a whole.

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