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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 can't Sue Snell do?

2. How does Margret first know about Carrie's abilities?

3. Who is Mrs. Cora Simard?

4. What does Billy do about his friends and gloves?

5. What does Margret hold while sitting in the living room?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Billy Nolan use his friends with his plan for prom night?

2. What does Margret think she should have done with Carrie and what does she plan to do now?

3. What happens with Sue and the investigating committee?

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

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

6. What happens with Carrie immediately after the prank by Billy and Chris?

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

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

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

10. What does Carrie do to the building where the prom is being held?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Change is inevitable, growth is optional. The change in the characters in this book are drastic from the status quo at the beginning of the book to the end.

1. What are some of the ways in which Carrie changed during the course of this book? Did she grow from the change? What did she learn from it? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. What are some of the changes that occurred in Sue Snell in the course of the story? How did she grow from the circumstances? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. Choose two characters in the book and compare and contrast the change in them through the course of the story and how they did or did not grow.

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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