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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Sarah told Chuck that the Jefferies boy mentioned by Albie had been hit by a drunk driver while chasing what object into the street?
2. What is the last name of the man named Dan whom Holly goes to meet in the section called "December 16, 2020"?
3. Jerome Robinson works part-time for Holly while he pursues which other endeavor?
4. In what style did Albie say the family's home had been fashioned when he told Chuck about the cupola for the first time?
5. What malady contributed to the death of Holly's former business partner, Bill Hodges?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is revealed to be the true source of Chuck's crescent-shaped scar?
2. What is the status of the relationship between Holly and Ralph when the events of "If It Bleeds" take place?
3. What kind of person is Holly's mother and how do you know?
4. What did Chuck's grandfather Albie tell him during his childhood about why no one ever entered the cupola in the family home?
5. At what age did Chuck start calling his grandparents Grandma and Grandpa and why?
6. What did Chuck see when he opened the door to the cupola after his grandfather Albie's funeral?
7. 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"?
8. What is the significance of the term "orphant" (150) in Act I: I Contain Multitudes in the story entitled "The Life of Chuck"?
9. How did Chuck confirm in his own mind that his grandfather Albie's visions of the future were legitimate?
10. For what reason did Chuck transition from one home to another at age seven?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What messages does King send about family bonds within the collection If It Bleeds and what specific stories or scenes are employed in order to send these messages to the reader?
Essay Topic 2
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within King’s collection If It Bleeds. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the collection.
Essay Topic 3
Explicate the theme of the unnatural within If It Bleeds. What is King’s message regarding the unnatural and how do you know?
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