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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. How does The Friend manage to unsettle Jim?

2. What is the first question they ask the presence?

3. What does Holly believe is the source of The Enemy's power?

4. How does the alien in the book make Jim forget about its existence?

5. Whose poetry comes to Holly when she reenters the windmill?

Short Essay Questions

1. How significant is Holly's conversation with Eloise Glynn?

2. How does Holly make Henry cry?

3. Why does Jim want to stop for supplies?

4. What finally arouses Jim's suspicion?

5. What does Holly realize in the car?

6. How does Jim react when Holly shows him the answer tablet?

7. Why will The Friend not let go of Jim?

8. Why do Holly and Jim not stay in the house?

9. How do Holly and Jim communicate with the entity?

10. What is the significance of Holly's trip to the house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a character and examine their lives at the start of the book. Compare this to how they have changed by the end of the story. What motivates these changes?

Essay Topic 2

Pick a character or entity from the book and discuss his or her goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

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