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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who accompanies Holly on her trip back to her hometown in the section called "December 9-13, 2020"?
(a) Allie.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Jerome.
(d) Pete.

2. The prologue of the story "If It Bleeds" discusses January of which year?
(a) 2021.
(b) 2020.
(c) 2019.
(d) 2023.

3. What malady contributed to the death of Holly's former business partner, Bill Hodges?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) AIDS.
(d) Influenza.

4. While Holly is watching a show breaking news announces that an explosion has occurred at what type of school in Pineborough, Pennsylvania?
(a) Elementary.
(b) Graduate.
(c) Middle.
(d) High.

5. When Dan's grandson calls Holly in the section called "December 22, 2020," she asks him to tell Dan what fact about the Outsider?
(a) It is gone.
(b) It is back.
(c) It is dead.
(d) It is wounded.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many thousands of dollars does Holly demand from Chet during their meeting on December 18?

2. In what state was the door to the cupola throughout Chuck's childhood?

3. What is the name of the business owned by Holly?

4. What name did Chuck use to refer to his grandfather Albie until third grade?

5. When Holly gets a call in the section entitled "December 15, 2020," she then travels home to which state?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Dr. Carl Morton?

2. For what reason does King include an allusion to Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" in Act I: I Contain Multitudes of the story "The Life of Chuck"?

3. At what age did Chuck start calling his grandparents Grandma and Grandpa and why?

4. Why does Holly travel to Portland, Maine in the story "If It Bleeds"?

5. Discuss the ultimate fate of the Outsider featured in the story "If It Bleeds."

6. For what reason did Chuck transition from one home to another at age seven?

7. What is the significance of the phrase "Twirlers and Spinners" (143) in Act I: I Contain Multitudes of "The Life of Chuck"?

8. Who is Holly Gibney and what other novel written by Stephen King is referenced as featuring Holly as well?

9. What kind of person is Holly's mother and how do you know?

10. How does the reader learn the way in which Chuck incurred the scar on his hand?

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