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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 has Chris arranged?

2. What does Carrie do to the building?

3. Where does Carrie go when Tommy is killed?

4. What does Carrie do when she sees people as she is walking?

5. Who is outside waiting for the prom to start?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is Margret doing while Carrie is at the prom?

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

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

10. What did Cora find out at the school and what does she want to know?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

This novel belongs to the general literary category of fiction and the genre of horror fiction, although it has characteristics of other genres also. Discuss the following:

1. Define the term genre. Give examples of at least five types of genre and why they belong to their specific genre.

2. Why do you think books are categorized by genre? What are the advantages? The disadvantages?

3. To what other genres could this book possibly belong? Why? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly trace and analyze the theme of redemption in CARRIE. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Thoroughly trace and analyze the theme of relationships in CARRIE. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. Thoroughly trace and analyze the theme of religion in CARRIE. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

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