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

2. What does Cressner reveal to Norris?

3. What connection does Ed have with Elizabeth's boyfriend?

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

5. Which president is mentioned in The Man Who Loved Flowers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the main purpose of The Man Who Loved Flowers?

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

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

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

8. What can we tell about Booth and Tookey's characters when they decide to help the man in One for the Road?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Religion is a topic that is always popular in works of literature. Some of the tales in Night Shift touch upon religion. What statements are they making about religion? Compare and contrast the stories, as well as analyze each specific one in relation to religion.

Essay Topic 2

Jerusalem's Lot is a location used in two of the stories, Jerusalem's Lot and One for the Road. Compare and contrast the setting in these two tales and discuss how location serves as a character. How does having the setting act as a character add conflict to the story?

Essay Topic 3

Several of the stories in Night Shift have narrators that the reader is led to believe might be unreliable, but later realize the narrator could be telling the truth. Discuss the concept of using the narrator as a tool to tell a story and the idea behind having an unreliable narrator, using examples from the book.

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