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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 Billy do about his friends and gloves?
2. What does Carrie believe after being splattered?
3. Why is Chris unsure of Billy?
4. What does Carrie do at gas stations that she passes?
5. What does Carrie sense?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Carrie feel about her name being on the ballot and what happens during the vote for prom court?
2. What happens when Tommy and Carrie are standing on stage?
3. What does Carrie do to the gas stations she passes?
4. What had Chris and Billy done before the prom begins?
5. Why does Carrie return to the prom?
6. What occurs between Sue and Carrie as Carrie is dying?
7. What does Carrie admit to her mother and what happens with the two of them?
8. What does Margret think she should have done with Carrie and what does she plan to do now?
9. What happens with Carrie immediately after the prank by Billy and Chris?
10. What does Cora Simard tell the commission?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Carrie is so quick to assume that people are out to get her that she never realizes that the pig blood at the prom wasn't necessarily meant for her. Carrie has been so abused by the people that should have cared for her, or at least looked out for her, that she can't comprehend how to properly act with people in many respects.
1. Do you think Carrie's assumption about the blood was logical? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to support your answer.
2. Given Carrie's home situation explain why you think she had such a difficult time at school with the other students. Use examples from the book to support your answer.
3. How much of Carrie's paranoia do you think was the result of her mother's influence and how much did she acquire at school? Use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Chris is angry at being barred from the prom. Carrie is angry because she feels so many of her peers make fun of her. Margret is angry because she didn't kill Carrie as a baby. Anger runs throughout this whole book.
1. Do you think the events would have occurred without anger? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to support your answer.
2. How do you think Carrie can go about "losing" her anger?
3. Is Carrie's anger justified? Understandable? What can she do to let go of the anger?
4. Can you use your advice about how Carrie can let go of her anger and apply it to any way your own anger is sparked? Why or why not?
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