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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 Tyler realize when Burny makes him look more closely at the white stones on Conjure Road?

2. What does the candy striper tell Jack and Judy has happened when she enters Dr. Spiegleman's office in Chapter twenty-two?

3. What does Sonny decide that he will do in Chapter nineteen if Beezer continues to work for Jack Sawyer?

4. What does Henry tell Penniman to do with the drink that he is begging Henry to have with him in Chapter twenty-three?

5. What does Jack ask Lester for while at the bar in Chapter twenty-six?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Munshun is faced with Jack, Dale, Beezer, and Doc?

2. How does Jack describe Mouse's leg in Chapter twenty-three?

3. What does Jack discover when he goes to visit Tansy at her home?

4. What does Munshun tell Tyler when he first grabs him in Chapter twenty-nine?

5. What surprises Burny when he looks in the mirror in Chapter twenty-five?

6. What does Sonny remember about Harko?

7. What does Potter tell Jack when they are able to talk?

8. What happens when Fred shows up at the bar in Chapter twenty-six?

9. What happens after Doc injects Mouse with Speed?

10. What happens when Jack first opens the door to the Black House?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Why was it significant that Beezer and Doc could not find the house without Jack even after they had been there the day before with Mouse?

2) What does it mean that the Black House was almost infinite (page568)? Is it possible for something to be 'almost' infinite?

3) What did you see inside the Black House that you feel gave the most important information about the Black House? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

1) Do you think that Dale truly gives up his position as police chief? Explain.

2) What do you think is the difference between a police man and a coppice man?

3) How would you have described Speedy's involvement in the story? Do you think he is a coppice man like Jack? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

1) What was Tansy Freneau's role in the story?

2) Why is Tansy not visited again after the destruction of Black House?

3) Do you feel that there is any chance that Tansy was restored to her original state of mind? Why or why not?

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