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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 Carrie ask her date?

2. How have Chris and Billy arranged the buckets?

3. What do some girls ask Carrie about her dress?

4. When has Margret tried to kill Carrie?

5. What does Margret say she should have done when Ralph had sex with her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Carrie go into a church? What does she do immediately after leaving the church?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What had Chris and Billy done before the prom begins?

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

9. What occurs between Sue and Carrie as Carrie is dying?

10. What does Sheriff Doyle say about the night of the prom?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The principal of the school and Miss Desjardin resigned, but it isn't explained if they stayed in the town of Chamberlain. It appears that both of those educators felt in retrospect that they should have done something, or perhaps have foreseen that something had the potential of happening that night.

1. Do you think these two characters could have prevented what happened the night of the prom? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. There is considerable debate in society whether schools are responsible for some of the moral upbringing of children. Some say educators are there to educate and parents are responsible for children's morals. Others say schools should play a role in teaching children right from wrong. Discuss the two sides of this issue and your own opinion,

3. People often feel responsible for events around them when they have little power to change situations. Explain why you think people tend to do that and why it might impact their lives negatively to do so.

Essay Topic 2

Carrie is written with an epistolary structure.

1. After research, explain, with examples what is meant by the above statement.

2. How do you think the epistolary structure affected the flow, the tone and the plot structure of CARRIE? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. How do you think this story would have changed if it had been written in a non-epistolary way in which the events take place in a chronological, story form? Do you think this would improve or detract from the book? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

One of the themes in this novel is about justice. Discuss the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of justice throughout the novel. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Carrie thinks she is obtaining justice by killing off the students at the prom. Was she wrong or correct? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. By the end of the novel, has justice been meted out to the guilty parties? Why or why not. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

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