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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 do the girls do when they see Carrie with blood running down her legs?

2. What does Margret White call women's breasts?

3. Why is Carrie alone at home?

4. How does Sue feel about what she tells Tommy?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Chris decide after seeing the list of names for possible king and queen of the prom?

2. What worries Sue when she is helping to decorate for the prom?

3. What does Sue Snell realize when the gym teacher comes in? What does the teacher do?

4. How does Carrie practice her ability?

5. What does Sue think is Chris' main goal about the prom?

6. Why would Margret White yell at the neighbors and what did one do to taunt her?

7. Where does the gym teacher take Carrie and what is done with her that day?

8. How does Carrie respond to the girls in gym class?

9. Why does Mr. Grayle tell Chris Hargensen's father she may not go to the prom and with what does Grayle threaten Chris' father?

10. Where does Sue Snell run into Chris Hargensen and what happens during their encounter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters in CARRIE are a mixture of complex (or three dimensional) and flat (or stereotypes) Choose one of the following questions and write a well-developed, cohesive essay using examples from the text and your research or personal experience:

1. Write an in-depth character analysis of CARRIE. Include a physical description, personality traits, and what beliefs motivate her. Is this character round or flat? What do you like and dislike about this character? Why? Give specific examples.

2. Write an in-depth character analysis of Sue Snell. Include a physical description, personality traits, and what beliefs motivate him. Is this character round or flat? What do you like and dislike about this character? Why? Give specific examples.

3. Choose three other characters besides Carrie and Sue Snell and write about them in relationship to both Carrie and Sue Snell. Are they friendly or hostile to either main character? Explain with examples. What is their purpose(s) in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Carrie has killed almost an entire town for revenge.

1. How would you define revenge? How often do you think people are motivated by the desire for revenge? What do you think is the effect of holding such a desire for a long time without fulfillment?

2. Explain why Chris wants revenge and on whom. Do you think she is justified in seeking revenge? Is the taking of revenge ever justified? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. Explain why Carrie wants revenge and on whom. Do you think she is justified in seeking revenge? Is the taking of revenge ever justified? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

This novel belongs to the general literary category of fiction and the genre of horror fiction, although it has characteristics of other genres also. Discuss the following:

1. Define the term genre. Give examples of at least five types of genre and why they belong to their specific genre.

2. Why do you think books are categorized by genre? What are the advantages? The disadvantages?

3. To what other genres could this book possibly belong? Why? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

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