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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. How long does Trisha stay latched onto the ash tree the second time she holds onto it?

2. What kind of vehicles does Quilla drive?

3. What does Trisha lose while running through the woods?

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

5. What is Pete interested in?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Trisha end up at the edge of a cliff?

2. What does Trisha learn from "Little House on the Prairie"?

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

4. Why does Trisha think there is no chance of her getting lost?

5. Describe Trisha's vision of herself dying.

6. What does Trisha hear on the news when she first turns her radio on?

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

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

9. Describe the daydream Trisha has about Tom Gordon at the end of Chapter 1.

10. What does Quilla tell Trisha about avoiding mosquitoes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

King makes use of symbols throughout his novel. Choose three instances of symbolism in the novel and explain what each represents and why it is important to the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Dreams and hallucinations are used throughout the novel. What purpose do they serve? Why is it important that Trisha often does not know if something is real or imaginary?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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