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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 is the name of Trisha's favorite science teacher?

2. What does Trisha hit the God of the Lost with?

3. At what point in the Red Sox game does the God of the Lost watch Trisha sleep?

4. What does the hunter wear?

5. What year was the fenced trail constructed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Trisha rationalize the appearance of the hooded figures?

2. Why does Trisha stop herself from thinking about being rescued?

3. Why does the imaginary Tom Gordon say he points to the sky?

4. Why does Trisha not eat the berries and mushrooms sees in Chapter 12?

5. Why does Trisha leave her radio on for longer than usual?

6. Describe the events leading up to Trisha finding a road in the woods.

7. Describe the dream Trisha remembers having at the beginning of Chapter 13.

8. How does Trisha know the God of the Lost is following her?

9. What does Trisha try to tell Travis Herrick?

10. Describe the hooded figures and who they claim to be.

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

Stephen King often uses foreshadowing to hint to the reader about events to come later. Describe three examples of foreshadowing in the novel and explain how each one is significant to the novel as a whole.

Essay Topic 3

Explore the idea of the Subaudible. What is its purpose? Why is it significant that Larry believes in the Subaudible and Tom Gordon presumably believes in a more engaged God?

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