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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 is the alias of Kurt Dussander?

2. How does Todd make Kurt do what he wants?

3. Why does Andy get sent to solitary confinement?

4. What does Todd find unsatisfying in life in comparison with murdering winos?

5. What does Kurt force Todd to do when he visits?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Todd Bowden want to talk to Kurt Dussander?

2. What do the nightmares that Kurt and Todd have about the concentration camps cause them to do?

3. What does Andy agree to do for the prison guards and how is he able to?

4. Describe The Sisters.

5. What happens to Tommy Williams when he says he has proof of Andy's innocence?

6. Describe the first scene of Apt Pupil.

7. Describe how Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption ends.

8. What does Andy hide for Red Smith to find after he is paroled from prison and why does Andy do this?

9. What ailment does Kurt suffer and what could have caused it?

10. Why is Andy Dufresne's wife, Linda Collins Dufresne, murdered?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Apt Pupil: How did you feel about Kurt by the end of the story? Did you want to see him succeed at the end of the story and become successful and find a way out of his situation? Did your opinions of him have anything to do with him being one of the main characters in the story? Even though Kurt was a bad guy, is it hard to watch the main character in a story fall?

Essay Topic 2

The Body: Why do you think the four friends hung out with each other? Did the small town of Castle Rock cause them to find each other? Cite several examples from the story to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

The Breathing Method: The club at 249B was for men only and was said to be in another dimension. Emlyn's story about Sandra being alive for several minutes after she was decapitated seems to be a made up tale. Why do you think Stephen King would have such an unbelievable tale be told in a club that seems to be in another world or dimension? Justify your answer with examples from the text.

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