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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 words comfort Charlie at the beginning of the book?

2. Who makes the first swing at Charlie?

3. Why does Beth not want to be with Charlie's best friend?

4. What does Charlie fall to the bottom of after hiding from Hunter?

5. What does Alex tell his friends about Charlie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can't Charlie remember when he wakes up at the beginning of the book?

2. What is Charlie thinking about just after the truck crash?

3. Why does Charlie take the key from the ignition of the crashed truck?

4. What is Charlie's plan once he frees himself from the chair?

5. How do the men in the strange room plan to kill Charlie?

6. What does Charlie hear men talking about near the sinkhole?

7. What caused a major change in Alex?

8. How does Charlie handle the conflict with Alex's friends outside the dojo?

9. What did Beth do the last time Charlie saw her?

10. Why does Alex feel so alone, even while talking to Charlie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Yarrow and what was his role in this narrative?

Essay Topic 2

The characters in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 3

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might the author have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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