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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. Why is Carrie angry?

2. What else disconcerts Mr. Morton?

3. Why does Miss Desjardin slap Carrie?

4. What prayer does Margret recite?

5. What does Tommy tell Sue?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Billy Nolan do to prepare for prom night?

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

9. What happens in August, 1966, at the home of Margret White? Who does Margret live with? How does she treat that person?

10. What did Carrie's father take to work with him and where is he?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following to discuss:

1. Compare/contrast Chris Hagensen to Billy Nolan.

2. Compare/contrast the relationship of Chris and Billy to that of Sue and Tommy.

3. Compare/contrast the type of "community" in which Carrie lives to your own.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the following:

1. Compare and contrast the characters of Chris Hargensen and Sue Snell. How are they the same? How are they different? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. What do you think would have happened if these two characters, Chris Hargensen and Sue Snell never existed in the story? Use events from the book where the direct influence of Chris Hargensen and Sue Snell have an impact on others.

3. Who is the better person, Chris Hargensen or Sue? Why? Cite several examples from the book to support your case.

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