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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 soda does Trisha have in her bag?

2. What do Trisha and her father sit on in in her dream?

3. Trisha faints when something brushes against what part of her body?

4. What does Trisha avoid based on her mother's teachings?

5. When Trisha starts running through the woods, she is stopped by what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Trisha plan to remember her way back to the fallen tree?

3. Describe the lunch that Quilla packed for Trisha.

4. Why does Trisha refuse to drink from the stream at first?

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

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

7. How does Larry describe his ex-wife?

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

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

10. How does Larry feel about Tom Gordon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Trisha and Pete in the novel. How are they alike, and how are they different? How does each one relate to their parents? How would the novel be different without Pete?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Throughout the novel, the forces of good and evil are at war over Trisha. Describe three instances of the war and explain how each one is significant. Are there times when it looks like evil may prevail?

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