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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. How does Candy kill people?

2. How many sisters does Candy have?

3. What does Julie do when Bobby tells her there will be trouble?

4. What does Frank do once he leaves the truck?

5. What does Frank look for when he finally feels safe?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Frank feel in Chapter eleven and what doe she do because of this feeling?

2. What does Julie see when she drives toward Bobby and what does she do?

3. What does Frank do after he has been driving for awhile and why does he choose now to do it?

4. What does Frank find as he searches his own pockets and unzips the bag?

5. What do the police find while searching for Rasmussen?

6. Describe both of Candy's sisters.

7. Why does Frank want to leave the alleyway?

8. What leads Bobby to tell Julie about his fears and how does she respond?

9. What does Frank see as he looks out the window of the abandoned apartment complex he has chosen as his hiding place?

10. How is Bobby feeling about his wife and how does he handle these feelings?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways did the author foreshadow events throughout the novel? Was the foreshadowing effective? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Which characters in the novel were portrayed as victims? Do you agree with this portrayal? Which characters do you believe were truly not victims and made their own decisions? On what do you base this assertion?

Essay Topic 3

In what ways could this novel be classified as a horror novel? In what ways could it be classified as a fantasy novel? What genre would you label this novel? Why?

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