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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 does Norman learn happened to the boys who killed his brother?
(a) They died in a car accident.
(b) They killed each other.
(c) They committed suicide.
(d) They became ghosts.

2. What animal do Charles and Calvin find that has been sacrificed when they return to the church?
(a) A cat.
(b) A pig.
(c) A cow.
(d) A goat.

3. What is Artie's initial fear after realizing what is happening to him?
(a) He fears dying.
(b) He fears he will be killed.
(c) He fears being shunned.
(d) He fears aliens will kill him.

4. What class does Norman teach?
(a) ESL.
(b) Living with Lies.
(c) Special Education.
(d) Living with Literature.

5. What do the men see is happening to Richie?
(a) He is suffocating.
(b) He is melting.
(c) He is dividing.
(d) He is dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Hall spot on the fourth day?

2. What question do Hunton and Jackson ask Sherry?

3. Who is the narrator of I Am the Doorway?

4. In Trucks, what happens to the man who tries to make a run for it?

5. What has happened to the hand that Richie shows his son?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Artie fear and what does it tell us about him?

2. What problem do the trucks appear to have and how do they solve their problem?

3. How is Hall shown to be smarter than the average working man?

4. How does the story seem impossible and what is Renshaw's reaction to the attacks?

5. What is the basic premise of Trucks?

6. What theme does the story, Battleground, illustrate?

7. What implies that the church Charles finds might have belonged to Satan-worshipers?

8. What is Artie's decision in the end of I Am the Doorway and what can we conclude about him from this?

9. How is the reader led to believe that Charles Boone may be an unreliable narrator?

10. What is Hall's fate and how might one describe it?

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