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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 Tak hate?

2. Who leaves the Billingsley home to find out what has happened in the woods?

3. What does Audrey hope will happen to Tak?

4. What unusual sound does Audrey hear during her visit with Jan in Chapter 9?

5. Into what has the Wyler house transformed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Audrey think that Seth's family was killed?

2. What does Peter look like as he is described sitting in front of the television at the Wyler home?

3. What is the significance of the mother and son ghosts seen in the folly at Mohonk Mountain?

4. What surprises Tak the most about the way things turn out?

5. According to the scene from the movie, what is the purpose of the Regulators?

6. What does Seth do while Tak is watching "The Regulators"?

7. Describe Audrey's phone call in Chapter 9.

8. How does Seth play with his power wagons?

9. How does the group of survivors in the Carver house plan to go for help?

10. What does Cammie tell her boys before they leave?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Steve's role in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

What is Seth's role in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Explore the significance of sex in the novel. Why is it mentioned when it was? What is it used for?

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