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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. The first sentence of Act I: I Contain Multitudes states that Chuck was looking forward to which event?

2. Jerome Robinson works part-time for Holly while he pursues which other endeavor?

3. How many people are eventually revealed to have been killed in the explosion featured on the news?

4. While Holly is watching a show breaking news announces that an explosion has occurred at what type of school in Pineborough, Pennsylvania?

5. About what poem did Chuck stay after class to talk to the teacher about on the last day of eighth grade?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the status of the relationship between Holly and Ralph when the events of "If It Bleeds" take place?

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

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

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

9. What sort of coping mechanisms does Holly use to cope with the effects of her past trauma?

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 is the theme of hypocrisy treated within King’s text and with which of the collection’s stories does the theme most closely connect?

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

Discuss King’s decision to include colloquialisms, slang, and profane language within the text. What purpose did King have in mind when including these instances and how does the inclusion of these instances support the overarching themes and messages of the text?

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