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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 was the truck driver's guilt in the situation?

2. Why did Hatch try and make himself so nice?

3. What dessert did the girl imagine to make the lime JELL-O with peaches seem tolerable?

4. What was Lindsey's secret fear?

5. What three words were spoken inside Vassago's head?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Lindsey fear being blind?

2. Who was Margaret?

3. What did Vassago want to do to the woman in the bar?

4. Why did Vassago like rats?

5. Why did Lisa want the guy dead that Vassago was headed towards?

6. What prevailed in the dreams that Lindsey kept slipping into?

7. Why did Regina think of herself as such a screw up?

8. What did icing mean on an Oreo cookie depending on where it was?

9. How did the car end up at the bottom of the ravine?

10. What effect did the river water have on Lindsey?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the symbolism of the Devil in the fun house. Why was this the ideal location for Vassago to store his collection? What conditions had made this location perfect and unlikely to be disturbed?

Essay Topic 2

What did Helga do to show her support for Dr. Nyebern's call? How did this display her consideration of Jonas' cause? Why did it support him? How would she have done things differently if she hadn't supported him?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the symbolism throughout the novel. What makes it an epic novel? Compare and contrast this novel with one other epic piece of work of the past or present. What elements characterize an epic?

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