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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. Where does Helen say she got the book she has been using as a planner?

2. What does Helen have with her when she arrives at the house?

3. What color is the cow in the middle of the street in Stone River, Nebraska?

4. Where does Nash say he got his copy of the culling song?

5. What is on Carl's kitchen table when he gets home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the future Helen sees in the mirror of the antique store and what question does Carl ask about it?

2. What's wrong with Carl's foot and how is the injury tended while he's in the motel?

3. What are some of the ways witches write in their mirror books?

4. Oyster compares himself with an animal when Helen kicks him out of the car. What does he say and what does he mean?

5. What is Carl's phone call to 911?

6. What is the spell Helen has Carl say and what happens when he says it?

7. Describe what the police find when the arrive at the bar where Nash and Carl met?

8. Describe the house Carl and his wife make for their daughter.

9. Briefly describe the scene in which Helen and Oyster fight.

10. What is the phenomenon that happens in Stone River?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several of the characters in the book have scams going on. Describe and compare any two.

Essay Topic 2

Who is Patrick? What is his role in the story? What is his fate? What does Patrick represent?

Essay Topic 3

Carl says that if the culling song were to become common knowledge it would create changes in the world. Describe the changes Carl believes would happen. Do you agree? Support your answer.

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