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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 Odd see on Justine's face?

2. What is the first question Odd asks Brother John about his project?

3. How has the position of the card on Odd's table changed?

4. Why does Odd go to the bell tower in Chapter 24?

5. Why is Odd going to drive to the Abbey?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Odd realize as he is checking the computers at the monastery?

2. What does Odd hear and then see out the window at the school in Chapter 15?

3. What does Odd and the Mother Superior intend to do in anticipation of the threat?

4. What does Odd think he should do about the police and what is Brother Knuckles' opinion of that?

5. Who visits Odd in Chapter 4, what does Odd tell her and what does she suggest?

6. What does Odd find when he follows Boo from the garage?

7. What does Brother Rafael tell Odd about the search for Brother Timothy?

8. Why is Odd at a monastery, who there knows his abilities and what do they hope he can do?

9. Where do the bodachs go at the monastery and what does one of the students say to Odd?

10. What does Sister Miriam tell Odd about the drawing Jacob does of a woman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Brother Knuckles is ashamed of his past, and lives his life now in a manner that he hopes makes up for it a little bit. Having lived most of his first forty years as muscle for the mob, he had an awakening of spirit that began when he read the boss' daughter a bedtime story.

1. Based on what you have learned of Brother Knuckles' past, do you think he should be ashamed of his past? Why or why not? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

2. Do you think it is possible that a hardened mob enforcer could be moved by a children's book? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own experience to support your answer.

3. How common do you think a "awakening of the spirit" happens in the real world? Does Brother Knuckles decision to become a monk seem to be a reasonable choice for restitution of his past behavior? Why or why not? What else could he have done to make amends for his life?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of BROTHER ODD, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements (They may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not.

Essay Topic 3

Whenever reading a science fiction or fantasy novel, one must become familiar with new terminology that explains concepts or technology that is not a part of the "real" world. In the case of BROTHER ODD, much of the setting is familiar to the reader, though there are new ideas and terms to learn. Discuss the following:

1. Find five terms that are a part of Brother Odd's world that occur in the "real" world but are used differently in Odd's world. Define the words as used in in Odd's world and compare those five words as to how they are currently used in the American English language.

2. There are ways of learning about a new world or time when reading a science fiction or fantasy novel. Discuss the ways you were able to understand the world of BROTHER ODD. Did you have to look up any words? What does it mean to learn a word through its context? Do you have to do that in Brother Odd? What word(s)?

3. Were there any words you never really understood from Brother Odd? Which ones?

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