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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 was Booker's cat's name?

2. What excuse did the secretary at the realtor's office offer for Holly's absence from work?

3. Who was Anson talking to?

4. Where is the last place Anson will still have equity?

5. What was on the table?

Short Essay Questions

1. How much could Mitch actually ransom Holly for, and how did this make him feel?

2. Why was it likely the killer had returned to the car?

3. Why doesn't Anson live more in his means?

4. How did the strange kidnapper relate what he would do to Holly?

5. What does Mitch ration about Holly's comment that she knows where he is?

6. Why couldn't Mitch utilize the equity in the house?

7. Why were Katherine and Daniel glad that Megan hadn't called to say that she was pregnant?

8. Why did Mitch know he had to be careful in his movement while he was laying down in the trunk of the car?

9. How was Anson different in the physical characteristics of Mitch?

10. What comparison does the kidnapper make in regards to Mitch?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the two mansions in this book. What reason might Koontz have had for the two mansions? Explain their appearances in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Anson's change in attitude before he was confined by Mitch and after. How did he change and was it for the better? Why or why not? Speculate on whether or not Anson's attitude is likely to change and whether it will be for better or for worse following a stint in prison.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Holly and Mitch's relationship. How does Mitch prove his feelings for his wife throughout the book? What might he have done had he not had such strong love for her? At how many points throughout the novel would it have been easier to give up?

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