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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. In Chapter 12, what time of day are Ray and Julie driving?

2. In Chapter 12, what color was Helen's prom dress?

3. In Chapter 15 after swimming together, where does Collie say that he is going?

4. When is the first time that Mrs. James remembers having a premonition?

5. In Chapter 17, what is Collie wearing when he is waiting for Helen in her apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 13, what does Barry think of the nurse who is in his room?

2. What does Helen do in Chapter 17, when she learns that Collie intends to kill her?

3. In Chapter 13, what actually happened the night that Barry was shot?

4. In Chapter 14, what is Ray thinking about after leaving the drugstore, and what does he not notice as he drives away?

5. At the end of Chapter 15, what advice does Collie give Helen?

6. In Chapter 15, who calls Helen and why?

7. In Chapter 13, what does Barry tell Ray happened the night he was shot?

8. In Chapter 14, what does Bud say when Ray says he is going to try to get Julie back?

9. In Chapter 15, what does Ray tell Helen when she says that she can sneak in and see Barry?

10. In Chapter 12, what is Julie thinking and doing when she stands in the living room of her house after Ray drops her off?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Plot is the sequence of events in a story and how the story is structured. What five different divisions can be used to divide the story into sections? In which section are most of the conflicts in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Sometimes Mrs. James gets a feeling that something bad will happen. What are some times that Mrs. James has had a feeling that something bad is about to happen? How are those feelings a warning of something to come? What is one time that Mrs. James had a premonition, but did not see something bad happen? Was she wrong that night last summer when she felt that something bad was about to happen?

Essay Topic 3

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

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