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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 happened to Jud's dog that he buried in the cemetery?
(a) It returned but was missing a leg.
(b) Nothing.
(c) It returned with a white patch of fur marking where a bullet had entered its head.
(d) it returned but had rabies.

2. In Chapter 2, how does Ellie cut her knee?
(a) She falls from a tire swing.
(b) The pet bites her.
(c) All of the above.
(d) She falls over the ledge of the Pet Sematary.

3. Why does Louis quickly clean up dead critters dragged up by Church?
(a) He doesn't want Rachel to get mad.
(b) He's the guy. It's what guys do.
(c) Jud told him it would be best.
(d) He feels like he must tend what he grew.

4. After following the Chapter 16 visitor, how does Louis rationalize what he finds in his own sheets the next morning?
(a) The dead guy put them there.
(b) He forgot to bathe before bed that ngiht.
(c) The pet must have tracked them in.
(d) He was sleepwalking due to stress.

5. Where does Louis go after dinner in Chapter 18?
(a) To Jud's house.
(b) To work.
(c) To the pet sematary.
(d) To see a prostitute.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is happy about getting the pet fixed?

2. What was Louis's employment dream?

3. What is the first emergency Louis tends to at his new job?

4. Who brings a sense of calmness to the Creeds in Chapter 2?

5. How does Ellie feel after her first day at school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the dead man tell Louis and why?

2. Why did Stanny B know so much about the Micmac Indians?

3. Who told Jud about the Indian burial ground and why?

4. Why is Louis reluctant to take Jud up on his offer of a late-night beer?

5. Why doesn't Louis doubt Jud's tale about the evil powers at the Indian burial grounds?

6. What discrepancy in Jud's pet story did Louis recall?

7. Why does Louis visit the Pet Sematary after dinner in Chapter 18 and what does he do when he is there?

8. What is Louis's reaction when the dead man shows up in his bedroom doorway?

9. Why does Louis try to quickly clean up any animals that Church kills?

10. What grudge does Louis hold against his father-in-law and why doesn't the man like Louis?

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