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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. When Chuck dared himself to climb the stairs to the cupola, what object did he always touch?
(a) The padlock.
(b) The dent.
(c) The doorknob.
(d) The carved initials.

2. In the section entitled "December 14, 2020," Holly researches Chet Ondowsky and discovers that his real name is what?
(a) Chester.
(b) Kelvin.
(c) Charles.
(d) Chuck.

3. How many children in total were in the dancing club the year Chuck joined?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

4. Albie told his grandson Chuck that he had "only been up to that damn cupola" (134) how many times in total?
(a) 6.
(b) 9.
(c) 3.
(d) 24.

5. Which person's future death did Chuck foresee when he entered the cupola?
(a) His son's.
(b) His wife's.
(c) His own.
(d) His daughter's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first person to ignite Chuck's love of reading?

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

3. About what poem did Chuck stay after class to talk to the teacher about on the last day of eighth grade?

4. After Chuck cries over his grandfather Albie's personal effects, what action does he take?

5. How many specific people did Albie name when he told Chuck about seeing people's coming deaths in the cupola?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the status of the relationship between Holly and Ralph when the events of "If It Bleeds" take place?

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

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

5. What is revealed to be the true source of Chuck's crescent-shaped scar?

6. What happens in the prologue of the story "If It Bleeds" and how does it set the mood of the story?

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

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

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

10. How did Chuck react to the sight he encountered inside the cupola when he entered it for the first time?

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