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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 time does Gwendy arrive at the stationhouse in Chapter 35?

2. What shape is the chocolate that Gwendy eats in Chapter 37?

3. How many times a year are the gates to the gravyard locked?

4. What is the weather like on Christmas morning?

5. What time is the mass that the Petersons always attend on Christmas Eve?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gwendy hear from Ryan in Chapter 33?

2. What happens as Gwendy approaches her condo in Chapter 41?

3. Why does Sheriff Norris come to see Gwendy in Chapter 57?

4. What is Gwendy's jog like in Chapter 34?

5. What does Gwendy learn about the teeth that Norris shows her?

6. In Chapter 50, what stops Gwendy from using the box?

7. In Chapter 61, how do Gwendy and her father drive her mother crazy when she gets home from the hospital?

8. What is the situation when Gwendy gets to her parents' house in Chapter 51?

9. Why do Gwendy's parents cancel dinner in Chapter 36?

10. What do the Hoffmans look like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gwendy finds a pack of playing cards that belong to her husband. What is the significance of the playing cards? Why do they increase Gwendy’s worry about Ryan?

Essay Topic 2

Gwendy is not impressed with President Hamlin and how he is doing his job. Why is Gwendy not impressed with President Hamlin and how he is doing his job? Why does she believe he is incompetent and not capable of running the country?

Essay Topic 3

Gwendy’s life has been very successful. How and why does Gwendy seem to live a charmed life?

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