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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. Why couldn't Lindsey infuse her words with anger?

2. What had stopped Lindsey from letting go and joining her son?

3. What is the name of the child that Hatch and Lindsey are meeting?

4. Where had the ambulance brought Lindsey?

5. What did the paramedic think was happening to Lindsey?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Vassago eat junk food?

2. Why had Lindsey and Hatch gone to the lake?

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

4. What fear did Hatch have regarding his dreams?

5. How did Lindsey perceive the person who had administered the oxygen and CO2 mix?

6. Why did Vassago look at the Satan in the fun house with scorn and admiration?

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

8. Who was Margaret?

9. Why was time so important to Dr. Jonas Nyebern?

10. What did Vassago do to the bodies within the fun house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Dean Koontz's writing style. Are there any similar authors out there, and if so, who? If not, what makes Koontz's writing unique from any other writing style? What makes them similar? What elements to the story are strictly Koontz?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Jonas Nyebern's change of career at the end of the novel. Why was this? How does this seem like a good career choice for him? Why is this? What does he avoid by switching careers?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Jeremy's affliction and inability to love. Is this a common thread among sociopath individuals? How or why not? Does this seem to be a core idea held by all serial killers? Why or why not?

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