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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 Joel pray for at the end of Chapter 3?

2. What is the name of Randolph's mother?

3. What is the name of the home to which Joel is moving in Chapter 1?

4. What kind of answers are given to Joel's questions about a strange woman he saw in Chapter 4?

5. What does Randolph drink at dinner in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Zoo and Jesus Fever's religious service cut short?

2. How does Randolph injure Ed Samson?

3. How is Joel's first vision of his father described?

4. What happens when Joel and Idabel fall into Drowning Pond?

5. What does Randolph tell Joel that Zoo's stories had done to him?

6. How is Joel's first encounter with Zoo described?

7. How does Randolph describe his life with Dolores after they fall in love?

8. Why doesn't Joel want to go home and change clothes before going fishing with Idabel in Chapter 7?

9. What happens at the Landing after Jesus Fever dies?

10. How are Zoo and Jesus Fever described at the beginning of the prayer service?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's portrayal of love through the book's characters. What means does Joel resort to when seeking love in the book, and what role might this have on his strange bond developed with Randolph?

Essay Topic 2

A common theme represented in many of the characters in the book is a sense of isolation.

Part 1.) How have the residents of Skully's Landing purposefully isolated themselves from outsiders, and what motivations do they have for doing this? Part 2.) How has Joel created a sense of comfort within his isolation, and what is telling of his character based on this action?

Part 3.) What might the author be saying about the nature of the book's main characters based on their willing participation in their own isolation?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the significance of the book's title "Other Voices, Other Rooms". What significance does this title hold for the characters Joel and Randolph in the book and what insight might this offer in examining the portrayal of the outsider's journey in the book?

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