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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 Didi say is part of the human condition?

2. What is the Eremite's name?

3. What does Didi pay for what she eats after leaving her apartment?

4. What does Didi tell Hettie she will look for?

5. Who hid what Hettie is looking for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the girl with the gloves say her 'friend' felt when she woke up?

2. What does Sexton's father do for a living?

3. What does the girl with the gloves say to Sexton in the club about her 'friend'?

4. What does the Eremite do to help Theo know who Didi is?

5. Why is Hazel at the club?

6. What does Didi apologize to Sexton for?

7. How does Didi fight against Sexton's reasoning that she is not Death?

8. What does Sexton say to the girl with the gloves when he first meets her?

9. What does Sexton say to the record producer?

10. What does Didi do just after leaving her apartment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fear is a common theme in this book, presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

Theo was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence, however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if he had not been in the book at all?

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