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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 Margret call Carrie?

2. What happens to the boy who shouts at Carrie?

3. What does Carrie's mother do when she sees Carrie speaking to the neighbor teen?

4. What does Carrie lift that crashes down immediately?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Chris do when she leaves the prom decorating party?

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

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

4. How does Sue feel about what she told Chris?

5. What is thought to be the connection between Carrie's ability and her menstrual cycle?

6. What does Sue decide will make things right with Carrie?

7. What happens at school in gym class when Carrie is seventeen?

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

9. What does Margret do when Carrie tells her she is going to the prom even though her mother had said no?

10. What does Margret White tell Carrie about her menstrual cycle, and what does she do? How does Carrie respond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Stephen King.

2. What in King's background may have helped King in writing CARRIE? What may have influenced the way he depicts various characters and scenes?

3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.

Essay Topic 2

Chris is angry at being barred from the prom. Carrie is angry because she feels so many of her peers make fun of her. Margret is angry because she didn't kill Carrie as a baby. Anger runs throughout this whole book.

1. Do you think the events would have occurred without anger? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. How do you think Carrie can go about "losing" her anger?

3. Is Carrie's anger justified? Understandable? What can she do to let go of the anger?

4. Can you use your advice about how Carrie can let go of her anger and apply it to any way your own anger is sparked? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Often small actions, illegal, immoral or even moral can have serious repercussions.

1. Discuss how small illegal and/or immoral actions lead to serious consequences in the novel. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Do you think after reading this book that schools should do more about peers bullying particular students who don't seem to fit into the social structure? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. Do you believe this book reflects "real" life in that sometimes a small action such as embarrassing a teenager or dropping pig's blood on two students, can lead to greater consequences? Discuss with examples.

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