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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 does Dr. Weizak apologize for?

2. What is the name of Sarah's son?

3. Where was Dodd when the killings stopped for two months?

4. In which month does the story begin?

5. What does Walter study at university?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Johnny win $500 in this section?

2. What does Johnny visualize at the murder scene?

3. What does Johnny visualize about Dr. Weizak's life?

4. Why is Johnny apprehensive of Bright?

5. Describe Frak Dodd's home life.

6. What is Stillson's job in this section?

7. Why does Vera decide to stop her medication?

8. How do Johnny friends convince him to help the sheriff?

9. What do Johnny and his parents talk about when he wakes?

10. How does the sheriff want Johnny to help him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In 1983, THE DEAD ZONE was released as a film starring Christopher Walken and Tom Skerritt. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book are still relevant years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new media? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 3

What do the students think of Stephen King's representations in the book? How do the students think he has tried to keep his representations accurate? Do the students think Stephen King can communicate realist representations while still making a novel entertaining and imaginative?

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