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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 name had already been picked out for the unborn child who died in the accident with Chuck's parents?
(a) Marianne.
(b) Carol.
(c) Alyssa.
(d) Sarah.

2. In what month just after the end of Chuck's eighth grade year did his grandmother Sarah die?
(a) July.
(b) June.
(c) May.
(d) August.

3. With what type of creature does Dan reportedly have a fixation?
(a) A shark.
(b) A werewolf.
(c) A succubus.
(d) A psychic vampire.

4. Holly declares in "December 16, 2020" that the Outsiders feed on all but which of the following elements?
(a) Death.
(b) Horror.
(c) Pain.
(d) Silence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Holly send a flash drive in the prologue of the story "If It Bleeds"?

2. The first sentence of Act I: I Contain Multitudes states that Chuck was looking forward to which event?

3. How long before Chuck "died of a brain tumor" did he tell "his wife the truth about the scar on the back of his hand" (146)?

4. Albie told Chuck that he visited the cupola so infrequently because it was full of what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How did Chuck confirm in his own mind that his grandfather Albie's visions of the future were legitimate?

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

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

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