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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 Norris do to Cressner?
(a) Forces him to walk the ledge.
(b) Pushes him off the ledge.
(c) Shoots him.
(d) Knocks him unconscious.

2. What is Morrison's wife's reaction to learning about the Quitters, Inc. program?
(a) She is furious.
(b) She is uncertain.
(c) She is supportive.
(d) She does not care.

3. Where do Burt and Vicky end up while they are driving?
(a) Mountains.
(b) A forest.
(c) A lake.
(d) Cornfields.

4. What does Larry find out happened to his sister?
(a) She was murdered.
(b) She divorced her husband.
(c) She is a showgirl.
(d) She committed suicide.

5. What location does the man in One for the Road say he left his wife and daughter near?
(a) The cornfield.
(b) Jerusalem's Lot.
(c) Chapelwaite.
(d) Salem's Lot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cressner reveal to Norris?

2. Why did Katrina let go when Larry told her to even though she didn't know what he was planning?

3. What does Larry find waiting for him when he returns home in The Last Rung on the Ladder?

4. What ailment does the man who enters the bar in One for the Road have?

5. What does Larry think back on in The Last Rung of the Ladder?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What convinces Morrison to quit smoking?

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

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

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

9. In Quitters, Inc. what sight causes Morrison to want to go to the police and not accept the program he signed up for?

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

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