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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must Paul do without in the cellar?
(a) Pillow.
(b) Heat.
(c) Lights.
(d) Blanket.

2. When Paul refers to writing as being self-serving, what adjective does he use?
(a) Selfish.
(b) Fixated.
(c) Indulgent.
(d) Autoerotic.

3. What beverage does Annie leave in the cellar?
(a) Moonshine.
(b) Milk.
(c) Pepsi.
(d) Coke.

4. Paul dreams about whose accident?
(a) Sheriff's.
(b) His own.
(c) Carl Wilkes'.
(d) Mutt's.

5. Approximately how many pages has Paul completed thus far?
(a) 431.
(b) 362.
(c) 279.
(d) 300.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the new total owed immediately?

2. What does Annie say she will leave to cement her alibi?

3. Where does Annie's alibi claim she went?

4. Paul realizes that he is being represented by whom?

5. What body part is cut off by Annie at this time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Paul go after escaping the bedroom? Why?

2. What injury does Annie inflict on Paul at this time? What caused Annie to take such drastic measures?

3. What does Paul say that changes Annie's attitude, at least temporarily?

4. What happens after Paul screams?

5. Explain the exchange between Geoffrey and Ian regarding Misery's predicament. What happens to Ian's plan?

6. Over the next few weeks it is relatively quiet at the Wilkes house. Describe the author's view.

7. What does Paul keep saying to himself when the troopers arrive?

8. What was so strange about Paul's obsessed fan? How did Paul react?

9. What does Annie bring to Paul to celebrate the completion of the writing?

10. What makes Paul question if Annie is really dead?

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