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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. What does Cressner reveal to Norris?
(a) That he married Norris' lover.
(b) That he pushed Norris' lover off the ledge.
(c) That he killed Norris' lover.
(d) That he plans to kill Norris.

2. Where does Johnny leave the pill bottle?
(a) In the trashcan.
(b) Inside the top of his mother's purse.
(c) In his pocket.
(d) On the pillow by his mother.

3. What is discovered about the young man in the end of The Man Who Loved Flowers?
(a) That he is stupid.
(b) That he is insane.
(c) That he is rich.
(d) That he is very poor.

4. Who is the first person narrator in One For the Road?
(a) A vampire.
(b) Tookey.
(c) Booth.
(d) The man.

5. What does the young man in The Man Who Loved Flowers stop to purchase?
(a) Chocolates.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Tea.
(d) Flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "strawberry spring" refer to?

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

3. Why does Harold decide to hire someone to mow his lawn?

4. When does Norris' trouble start?

5. What does the narrator of Strawberry Spring suspect?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Harold horrified to learn about the man he hired to mow his lawn in The Lawnmower Man?

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

3. What do people think about the young man in The Man Who Loved Flowers and is their assumption correct?

4. What type of person is Stan Norris in The Ledge?

5. What convinces Morrison to quit smoking?

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

7. What is the basic premise of I Know What You Need?

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

9. What do we learn of Katrina's fate in The Last Rung on the Ladder?

10. How can The Woman in the Room still be considered a horror story though it is not the traditional kind?

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