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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. Who is Mrs. Cora Simard?

2. Where is Carrie's mother as Carrie is leaving for the prom?

3. What is the White Commission Report?

4. What does Carrie do to Billy's car?

5. What is Margret doing back at Carrie's home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Carrie tries on her dress for the prom?

2. How does Carrie feel about her name being on the ballot and what happens during the vote for prom court?

3. What does Carrie admit to her mother and what happens with the two of them?

4. What does Margret tell Carrie about her conception and birth?

5. What does Carrie do to the gas stations she passes?

6. What does Cora Simard tell the commission?

7. What does Carrie do after she runs out of the prom?

8. How is Carrie feeling about being at the prom?

9. What happens when Tommy and Carrie are standing on stage?

10. What do Billy and Chris do when the town is on fire and what happens when they do it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

In most fiction, readers would like all the loose ends to be neatly "tied up." Discuss the following:

1. Do you think CARRIE is successful as a horror novel? Why or why not.

2. What about this book would motivate you to read another of Stephen King's books? What would discourage you from doing so?

3. Were all the "loose ends" satisfactorily settled for you? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

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