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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 do Stormy and Odd eat in Chapter 18?

2. How did Rosalia Sanchez lose her sisters?

3. What does Odd notice about the house's temperature when inside?

4. What does Terri offer to loan Odd to check out Fungus Man?

5. What does Stormy tell Odd that the bodachs are in the beginning of Chapter 8 when Odd tells her that there are three of them with the Fungus Man?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Odd say he has simplified his life and why as it is described in Chapter 6?

2. In Chapter 5 what comparison does Odd make between a short order cook and a symphony conductor?

3. What does Odd find in Robertson's study in Chapter 13?

4. Describe what happens when Odd steps into the black room.

5. What happens after Odd reenters the Fungus Man's house in Chapter 11?

6. What does Stormy and Odd talk about when he first tells her about breaking into Robertson's house?

7. What does Stormy and Odd discuss in Chapter 21 about marriage?

8. How is Granny Sugars described in Chapter 1?

9. How does Odd describe the relationship between him and Stormy in Chapter 1?

10. What does Odd believe the black room to be after he first encounters it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the bodachs.

Part 1) Is it believable that the bodachs manipulated Odd in order to help the satan worshipers carry out their plans for muder? Explain your reasoning.

Part 2) Since all four characters involved in the shooting and Robertson moved to Pico Mundo in order to commit this crime it is possible that the bodachs somehow lead the men here in order to get to Odd? Explain your answer.

Part 3) Did the bodachs get between Odd and Varner knowing that it will limit Odd's view of Varner? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Compare Odd Thomas to his parents.

Part 1) How do they differ? Is there any indication that he is anything like them? Explain.

Part 2) Is there any indication that either of his parents care for him? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the chief's relationship with Odd.

Part 1) How is their relationship best described?

Part 2) What does it indicate that Odd is on the list of people to be allowed in when the chief is shot?

Part 3) What does the chief seem to indicate to Odd when questioning Odd about his future occupation after Odd helped to catch Harlo?

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