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

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

3. Who was the first person to ignite Chuck's love of reading?

4. How old was Chuck when his grandparents Sarah and Albie took him to Disney World?

5. Albie told Chuck that he swore never to return to the cupola and that when he broke his promise, he saw a future associated with whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Dr. Carl Morton?

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

7. Why does Holly travel to Portland, Maine in the story "If It Bleeds"?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Discuss the messages sent about the theme of appearance versus reality within If It Bleeds.

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