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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 name of the business owned by Holly?
(a) Finders Keepers.
(b) Better Beepers.
(c) Another Way.
(d) Kooky Closets.

2. In what year was Chuck's childhood home with his grandparents built, according to Albie?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1885.

3. Sarah told Chuck that the Jefferies boy mentioned by Albie had been hit by a drunk driver while chasing what object into the street?
(a) A hula hoop.
(b) A dog.
(c) A ball.
(d) A remote control car.

4. For what object was Sarah reaching in the convenience store when she dropped dead of a stroke?
(a) Peanut butter.
(b) Bread.
(c) Milk.
(d) Eggs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which person's future death did Chuck foresee when he entered the cupola?

2. Holly asserts in the section called "December 16, 2020" that the Outsider from the Marysville Hole did not show up in what way?

3. In what month just after the end of Chuck's eighth grade year did his grandmother Sarah die?

4. In the section called "December 17, 2020," Holly arranges to meet Chet at what location the following day?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Dr. Carl Morton?

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

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

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

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

10. What did Chuck's grandfather Albie tell him during his childhood about why no one ever entered the cupola in the family home?

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