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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. What is the last name of the man named Dan whom Holly goes to meet in the section called "December 16, 2020"?
(a) Miller.
(b) Hodges.
(c) Bell.
(d) Stevens.

2. When Holly gets a call in the section entitled "December 15, 2020," she then travels home to which state?
(a) New York.
(b) Vermont.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Maine.

3. In what location does Holly discover the Outsider's clothes after his demise?
(a) In the street.
(b) At the bottom of the elevator shaft.
(c) On her bed.
(d) In the bathtub.

4. In what year of high school was Chuck when his grandfather Albie died?
(a) Junior.
(b) Freshman.
(c) Sophomore.
(d) Senior.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people are eventually revealed to have been killed in the explosion featured on the news?

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

3. The prologue of the story "If It Bleeds" discusses January of which year?

4. On what object does the narrator of Act I: I Contain Multitudes blame the deaths of Chuck's parents?

5. In the section entitled "December 19, 2020," Holly is scheduled to receive money from Chet at her place of business at what time of the evening?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. What does King mean when he writes of the cupola, "But fascination is fear's twin brother" (137)?

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

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

8. Where does Holly arrange to meet the Outsider when he agrees to her demand for $300,000?

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

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

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