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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The records that Burt finds shows that the deaths of the people occurred on exactly what day?
(a) Their twelfth birthday.
(b) Their eighteenth birthday.
(c) Their thirteenth birthday.
(d) Their nineteenth birthday.

2. What must Norris do in the bet made between him and Cressner?
(a) Hide drugs in his car and hope the police don't find it.
(b) Have his lover walk along the two-inch ledge of Cressner's apartment.
(c) Steal from the police.
(d) Walk along the two-inch ledge of Cressner's apartment.

3. Why did Katrina let go when Larry told her to even though she didn't know what he was planning?
(a) Because she trusted him.
(b) Because she knew he called their father.
(c) Because she knew he was piling hay underneath her.
(d) Because she knew he had another ladder ready.

4. What event causes Harold Parkette in The Lawnmower Man to sell his mower?
(a) When a squirrel is caught under the blades.
(b) When a dog is caught under the blades.
(c) When a woodchuck is caught under the blades.
(d) When a cat is caught under the blades.

5. When does Norris' trouble start?
(a) When he falls in love with a client.
(b) When he starts dealing drugs.
(c) When he falls off the ledge.
(d) When he threatens a mobster.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "strawberry spring" refer to?

2. When Booth, Tookey, and the man arrive at the car, what do they discover?

3. What did Larry do to save his sister when they were children?

4. What location does the man in One for the Road say he left his wife and daughter near?

5. Why does Vicky have an aversion to religion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the symbol of the ladder in The Last Rung on the Ladder?

2. What does Children of the Corn suggest cornfields are a symbol of?

3. What has ironically turned into a source of danger in One for the Road and how?

4. What does "strawberry spring" refer to?

5. Why does Harold stop mowing his lawn and what causes him to hire someone to mow it again later in The Lawnmower Man?

6. What does the ledge symbolize in the story The Ledge?

7. What decision does Johnny struggle with in The Woman in the Room?

8. How does marital discord influence the story in Children of the Corn?

9. What evidence points to the narrator of Strawberry Spring being the serial killer?

10. What convinces Morrison to quit smoking?

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