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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. How old was Chuck when he moved in with his grandparents, Albie and Sarah Krantz?

2. What name had already been picked out for the unborn child who died in the accident with Chuck's parents?

3. In what state was the door to the cupola throughout Chuck's childhood?

4. 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)?

5. Who accompanies Holly on her trip back to her hometown in the section called "December 9-13, 2020"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the topics of romantic relationships, love, and marriage treated within the collection If It Bleeds and how does their treatment relate to the collection's depicted messages?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How does King use sensory details in order to strengthen the text’s messages or to elicit a particular emotional response from the reader? Discuss at least two passages that include the use of sensory details and pull quotes from these passages in If It Bleeds to support your claim.

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