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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. Where does Earl live?

2. What do lesser magicians rely on?

3. What was Jamie doing before Van threw Nin out of her cot?

4. How does Jamie think he can keep Nin happy while his mother finishes her breakfast?

5. What does Jamie suggest will happen if they don't move into the trailer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jamie get scared in this section?

2. How does Earl react to seeing Patty and her children at his house?

3. Describe the trailer and its area?

4. In what way is Earl the perfect person for Patty to have gone to for help?

5. Who is Agnes and what is her role in the story?

6. What is Jamie's last memory of Van?

7. How does Van react to what he has done?

8. What does Jamie fantasize about Earl?

9. What are the alternatives to staying in the trailer?

10. What is Jamie thinking as he waits for his mother in the car?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What will happen to the characters in the future? What happens in the book that suggests the characters lives will map out like this?

Essay Topic 2

In what way could be said that Patty herself strikes fear into Jamie? How does Jamie react to his mother conflicting feelings about what happened?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Jamie seems to prefer to live in the trailer than to live in Earl's house? Why is Patty so insistent about living in the trailer? Does Earl give in too easily to her demands? What does Earl mean when he says they will be sitting ducks?

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