View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chuck revealed to his wife before his death that he had incurred the scar on his hand while he was taking what action?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Crawling.
(c) Twirling.
(d) Pitching.

2. Which character does Holly nearly call in the section entitled "December 14, 2020"?
(a) Chet.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Pete.
(d) Jerome.

3. In what state was the door to the cupola throughout Chuck's childhood?
(a) Broken.
(b) Barricaded.
(c) Locked.
(d) Missing.

4. Who was the first person to ignite Chuck's love of reading?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His teacher.

5. In the section of the story "If It Bleeds" entitled "December 9-13," Holly returns to her hometown to help which of her relatives named Henry move into a nursing home?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Great-uncle.
(c) Grandfather.
(d) Brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the section entitled "December 14, 2020," Holly researches Chet Ondowsky and discovers that his real name is what?

2. What is the name of the psychiatrist who published articles about Holly's Outsider stories?

3. What object did Albie mention in association with the vision he had of his wife Sarah's death?

4. Sarah told Chuck that the Jefferies boy mentioned by Albie had been hit by a drunk driver while chasing what object into the street?

5. Holly comes to believe by the end of the section called "December 16, 2020" that which character is an Outsider?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are Pete and Jerome within the story "If It Bleeds"?

2. What did Chuck see when he opened the door to the cupola after his grandfather Albie's funeral?

3. 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"?

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

5. What is the significance of the term "orphant" (150) in Act I: I Contain Multitudes in the story entitled "The Life of Chuck"?

6. Who is Dr. Carl Morton?

7. How does King juxtapose an everyday setting with a mood befitting a horror story?

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

9. What sort of coping mechanisms does Holly use to cope with the effects of her past trauma?

10. In what way does the motif of dreams appear within the story entitled "If It Bleeds"?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,230 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample