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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. Who is Allie Winters?

2. How many thousands of dollars does Holly demand from Chet during their meeting on December 18?

3. The first time the scene changes within "December 8-9, 2020," Holly is getting ready to watch what type of show at 3 in the afternoon?

4. What is the name of the psychiatrist who published articles about Holly's Outsider stories?

5. What types of movies did Sarah use to teach her grandson Chuck to dance?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who are Pete and Jerome within the story "If It Bleeds"?

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

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

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

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

9. Who is Dr. Carl Morton?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Determine King’s message within the collection If It Bleeds regarding the idea that not every event in the world can be explained in logical terms.

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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