Carrie Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Carrie Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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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 Carrie lift that crashes down immediately?

2. What else disconcerts Mr. Morton?

3. Where does Miss Desjardin take Carrie?

4. What does Carrie's menstrual cycle initiate?

5. Why does Sue cry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in August, 1966, at the home of Margret White? Who does Margret live with? How does she treat that person?

2. What happens at school in gym class when Carrie is seventeen?

3. Where does Sue Snell run into Chris Hargensen and what happens during their encounter?

4. Where does the gym teacher take Carrie and what is done with her that day?

5. What does Carrie think about Tommy's request?

6. What does Sue Snell realize when the gym teacher comes in? What does the teacher do?

7. Why does Mr. Grayle tell Chris Hargensen's father she may not go to the prom and with what does Grayle threaten Chris' father?

8. Why doesn't the commission know what Tommy's motives were the night of the prom?

9. What does Chris do when she leaves the prom decorating party?

10. Why would Margret White yell at the neighbors and what did one do to taunt her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Carrie is written with an epistolary structure.

1. After research, explain, with examples what is meant by the above statement.

2. How do you think the epistolary structure affected the flow, the tone and the plot structure of CARRIE? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. How do you think this story would have changed if it had been written in a non-epistolary way in which the events take place in a chronological, story form? Do you think this would improve or detract from the book? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The characters in CARRIE are a mixture of complex (or three dimensional) and flat (or stereotypes) Choose one of the following questions and write a well-developed, cohesive essay using examples from the text and your research or personal experience:

1. Write an in-depth character analysis of CARRIE. Include a physical description, personality traits, and what beliefs motivate her. Is this character round or flat? What do you like and dislike about this character? Why? Give specific examples.

2. Write an in-depth character analysis of Sue Snell. Include a physical description, personality traits, and what beliefs motivate him. Is this character round or flat? What do you like and dislike about this character? Why? Give specific examples.

3. Choose three other characters besides Carrie and Sue Snell and write about them in relationship to both Carrie and Sue Snell. Are they friendly or hostile to either main character? Explain with examples. What is their purpose(s) in the story?

Essay Topic 3

One of the themes in this novel is about justice. Discuss the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of justice throughout the novel. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Carrie thinks she is obtaining justice by killing off the students at the prom. Was she wrong or correct? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. By the end of the novel, has justice been meted out to the guilty parties? Why or why not. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

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