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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 object blocks Trisha's path when she first gets lost?

2. How far down is the cliff that Trisha almost falls over?

3. Trisha sees the severed head of what type of animal?

4. What word does Trisha say over and over as she traverses the bog?

5. What time does the Red Sox game start according to an ad Trisha hears on the radio?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Trisha think about the trail when she walks it with her family?

2. What is Trisha's plan for getting back on track when she first gets lost?

3. Describe the "thing" that the voice in Trisha's head warns her about.

4. Why does Trisha faint at the end of Chapter 4?

5. Why does Trisha become optimistic about the day that she and her family go on a hike?

6. What does Trisha imagine to make herself feel better after she realizes she does not know much about the wilderness?

7. How does Larry describe his ex-wife?

8. Why does Trisha begin to feel invisible while she is on the trail with her mother and brother?

9. What happens when Trisha screams out for help for the first time?

10. Why do the police begin to look for a man named Mazzerole?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the minor characters Jerry Trupiano and Joe Castiglione, How are they significant to Trisha and to the novel as a whole? What is the relevance of the dream Trisha has about them after her Walkman batteries die?

Essay Topic 2

Explore King's use of baseball as a metaphor for Trisha's journey. Choose three examples of how he forms this metaphor and describe them. Why do you think he structures his novel this way? What purpose does the metaphor serve?

Essay Topic 3

Explore Trisha's relationship with her father. What is their dynamic? Why do you think she imitates him on so many levels? Why is it important that she does not imitate his spiritual belief?

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