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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chris think is possible on prom night?
(a) That Tommy and Carrie would be crowned king and queen.
(b) That Chris will be allowed to go to the prom.
(c) That Sue will help her get her revenge against Mr. Morton.
(d) That people will have a bad time since Chris won't be there and she's the life of the party usually.

2. Why does Sue cry?
(a) Her boyfriend breaks up with her.
(b) She is disappointed in herself.
(c) Carrie confronts her about the other day.
(d) She falls and breaks her little finger.

3. What prayer does Margret recite?
(a) The 23rd psalm.
(b) The Lord's prayer.
(c) The prayer of exorcism.
(d) The Prayer of St. Francis.

4. Who comes in and whispers to someone on the decorating committee?
(a) Billy Nolan.
(b) Miss Desjardin.
(c) Carrie.
(d) Chris Hargensen.

5. What happens the year Carrie is born?
(a) Margret's husband dies.
(b) Margret writes her mother and urges her to refrain from sex.
(c) Margret kills her mother.
(d) A red moon happens once a month.

6. What do the others think Chris is whispering?
(a) They do not care.
(b) Nothing good.
(c) A joke since the other girl laughs.
(d) A surprise decorating idea that will be really neat.

7. When does Carrie's father die?
(a) He is still alive.
(b) When Carrie is 10.
(c) When Carrie is 14.
(d) Shortly after Carrie is born.

8. What does Carrie do when she gets mad at her mother?
(a) Locks her mother in the closet.
(b) Tells her mother she is moving out.
(c) Slaps her mother.
(d) Makes the pie pan fly across the room.

9. What happens when Carrie starts to cry?
(a) Her mother holds her and makes over her.
(b) Her mother backhands her and tells her Carrie is cursed.
(c) Her tears turn to ice as they drop on the ground.
(d) Nothing.

10. What is Carrie doing at the end of gym class that begins the plot of the story?
(a) Talking with the other girls about the prom.
(b) Reading a book on metaphysics.
(c) Asking for an excuse to not participate that day.
(d) Taking a shower.

11. What are the girls talking about in gym class?
(a) The prom.
(b) Rain.
(c) Finals.
(d) Boys.

12. What else disconcerts Mr. Morton?
(a) That Carrie's mother did not explain about menstrual cycles.
(b) That Carrie's mom is unwilling to come pick up Carrie.
(c) That Miss Desjardin knows he is married.
(d) That the other girls were so mean to Carrie.

13. Who is going to get an awful surprise at the prom?
(a) Sue and the other girls who accepted their punishment.
(b) The attendees.
(c) The teachers.
(d) No one.

14. How are Carrie's parents described?
(a) As lukewarm Christians.
(b) As atheists.
(c) As religious zealots.
(d) As good, kind people.

15. What are Carrie's abilities like?
(a) A raging fire.
(b) A roller coaster.
(c) An avalanche.
(d) A weak muscle but one that she is able to use as if it had been there all along.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would Carrie's mother yell at the neighbors?

2. What does Carrie's mother say when she says she is going to the prom?

3. Who says she won't do what Miss Desjardin says?

4. What does Miss Desjardin do to the girls who haze Carrie?

5. What does Carrie do with the brush on her dresser?

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