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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. Mike has an episode of spiritual time travel in which he and Kyra attend the _________________________.

2. What secret does Mike share with John in the car?

3. Who is John Shackleford?

4. What bad news does Mattie have when Mike calls her?

5. Mattie tells Mike that she will leave a key for him ___________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the devastating effect of the shooter's gunfire at Mattie's house?

2. How does Jo help Mike during his assault by Max and Rogette?

3. Why does Mike categorize Elmer Durgin as an ELFF?

4. In what way do Max and Rogette terrorize Mike after his sensory experience regarding the young Negro boy?

5. What are some of the haunting events at Sara Laughs and why won't Mike leave?

6. What preoccupies Mike's mind regardless of all the supernatural things going on around him?

7. What senses does Mike experience about a young boy as he walks along the lake?

8. What does Durgin try to get Mike to admit in a deposition?

9. Why does Mrs. Meserve resign as Mike's housekeeper and what is Mike's reaction to her resignation?

10. What horrible acts is Mike driven to commit on Kyra and himself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the book. Explain the methods and attempts to overcome it.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the overall setting for the story. Why does the author use the setting he does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

Essay Topic 3

Explain King's use of regionalism in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of regionalism and explain why the author used them where he did.

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