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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. In the section entitled "December 18, 2020," Holly again visits which character?
2. In the section of the story "If It Bleeds" entitled "December 9-13," Holly returns to her hometown to help which of her relatives named Henry move into a nursing home?
3. How many thousands of dollars does Holly demand from Chet during their meeting on December 18?
4. The first sentence of Act I: I Contain Multitudes states that Chuck was looking forward to which event?
5. Chuck found out from a neighbor that Henry Peterson had been affiliated with his father in what way?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Dr. Carl Morton?
2. What does King mean when he writes of the cupola, "But fascination is fear's twin brother" (137)?
3. What did Chuck see when he opened the door to the cupola after his grandfather Albie's funeral?
4. Where does Holly arrange to meet the Outsider when he agrees to her demand for $300,000?
5. What kind of person is Holly's mother and how do you know?
6. 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"?
7. At what age did Chuck start calling his grandparents Grandma and Grandpa and why?
8. In what way does the motif of dreams appear within the story entitled "If It Bleeds"?
9. What is the significance of the phrase "Twirlers and Spinners" (143) in Act I: I Contain Multitudes of "The Life of Chuck"?
10. What is revealed to be the true source of Chuck's crescent-shaped scar?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Look carefully at the passages of If It Bleeds that describe strong marriage partnerships, such as the longtime union between Chuck's grandparents. What is King’s purpose for extensively portraying the characteristics of a strong marriage and its power to transform?
Essay Topic 2
Examine King’s use of characterization methods to portray Holly within the narrative. What effects do these characterization methods have on the themes and messages inherent in the story entitled "If It Bleeds" in the collection of the same name? As an alternative, focus on Chuck's character within the story "The Life of Chuck."
Essay Topic 3
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?
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