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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 Rodion say the John who created the ice monsters is?

2. Where is Rodion's wife?

3. How does the uberskeleton follow Odd?

4. What does Odd tell his passenger about Odd's physical condition?

5. When and where did Jacob first see the hooded figure?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rodion translate the first door as and what is Odd's opinion of that translation? What is Rodion's opinion of it?

2. What does Sister Angela tell Odd when he asks about Justine and what does Odd think about the information?

3. What happens when Brother Maxwell is fighting the ice creatures?

4. What does Odd do when the creature comes out of Timothy's body? What does the creature do?

5. When did Jacob first meet the Neverwas and what are the ice creatures relationship to it?

6. How do Odd and Rodion hope to get to John's Mew and what happens when they try?

7. What does John tell Odd and Rodion about his work when they first begin to talk?

8. What do the brothers ask Odd when in the school and why does Odd tell them?

9. What does the NSA do about Maxwell and Timothy and John?

10. What does Rodion say about Odd's interaction with Jacob, what does Odd ask Mother Superior and what does he think is the key to the situation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the world of academe, fantasy is often considered an inferior form of the novel compared to "classic" literature. Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think fantasy might be considered second-rate compared to the classics?

2. Do you think fantasy has the same elements as the classics? Why or why not?

3. What are the purposes do you think for people reading "the classics"? What are the purposed for people reading fantasy? Is one purpose better than another? Explain your response.

4. Would you read fantasy even outside an educational setting? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Many readers of fiction place themselves in the position of one character, wondering if they would do the same thing as that character. Discuss the following:

1. Do you think one of the values of literature is to serve as a reflection of oneself? Why or why not?

2. Socrates said "Know thyself." How can reading a book such as BROTHER ODD help a reader to know him/herself? Do you find yourself reflecting on your own character and abilities when reading BROTHER ODD? Why or why not.

3. Choose one specific incident in BROTHER ODD to discuss and compare Odd's response to how you think you would respond.

Essay Topic 3

Some aspects of the metaphysical is in every Odd Thomas books. Discuss the following:

1. Define the term "metaphysical."

2. Discuss what elements of the metaphysical appear in the Odd Thomas books, e. g.: What elements of Odd Thomas seem outside the five senses? Give examples. What things that happen cannot be proved by normal scientific methods?

3. What challenges are there in reading a novel that is based in metaphysics?

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