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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 kind of animals have been living in the truck cab?

2. How far does Trisha have to walk to find a major road once she turns onto a well-traveled road?

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

4. What does Trisha use to cut her poncho?

5. In Chapter 12, Trisha hears a radio commercial for what type of repair business?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Trisha consider doing in regards to the God of the Lost?

2. Why does Trisha think sleeping in the truck cab is a bad idea?

3. Why do the authorities say hope for finding Trisha is fading?

4. What happens to Trisha during the fifth inning of the last baseball game she hears?

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

6. What would have happened if Trisha had crossed the marsh at the end of Chapter 9?

7. Why does Trisha not run from the God of the Lost?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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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