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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. What name did Chuck use to refer to his grandfather Albie until third grade?

2. What object did Albie mention in association with the vision he had of his wife Sarah's death?

3. For what object was Sarah reaching in the convenience store when she dropped dead of a stroke?

4. Sarah told Chuck that the Jefferies boy mentioned by Albie had been hit by a drunk driver while chasing what object into the street?

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

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

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

5. 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"?

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

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

8. Who is Dr. Carl Morton?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within King’s collection If It Bleeds. What message is King sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

In what way does King utilize irony within the text? Discuss at least three uses of irony within If It Bleeds and explore each instance's connection to larger themes contained within the piece.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss King’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of If It Bleeds.

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