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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 does Billy want crowned?

2. What does Carrie do to the building?

3. How does Carrie feel when her date arrives?

4. What does Billy decide to do?

5. When has Margret tried to kill Carrie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens with Sue and the investigating committee?

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

3. How does Carrie feel while she is waiting for Tommy to pick her up for the prom? What does he tell her?

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Carrie return to the prom?

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

10. What does Billy decide while waiting for the prom queen and king to be announced?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Stephen King.

2. What in King's background may have helped King in writing CARRIE? What may have influenced the way he depicts various characters and scenes?

3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.

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