View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the main character of Battleground?
(a) Cal Bates.
(b) John Renshaw.
(c) Renshaw's mom.
(d) Hans Morris.

2. How does Calvin die?
(a) The giant worm throws him across the church.
(b) He commits suicide.
(c) He is sacrificed.
(d) The giant worm eats him.

3. Whom does Bernie think about?
(a) Corey.
(b) Maureen.
(c) Kelly.
(d) Susie.

4. What accident leads Hunton and Jackson to further investigate the matter behind the mangler?
(a) When Sherry cuts her finger on the machine.
(b) When Mrs. Frawley is killed.
(c) When a little boy is found dead inside a refrigerator.
(d) When a man gets his arm ripped off by the mangler even after all of the fuses are pulled.

5. What is Charles' tone of voice in the beginning of the story Jerusalem's Lot?
(a) Angry.
(b) Nonsensical.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Excited.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is outside in the parking lot in Trucks?

2. What happens to Alvin Sackheim?

3. What does Calvin discover that is written in code?

4. What does Renshaw discover shoved underneath the crack of the door?

5. Where do the eyeballs appear years after Artie burned his hands?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the ultimate fate of the humans and trucks?

2. Briefly describe Hall's character from Graveyard Shift.

3. What is the great irony in Jerusalem's Lot?

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

5. Describe Renshaw's character in Battleground.

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

7. In The Mangler, what does Jackson research that must be done to the machines?

8. What theme does The Mangler illustrate and how?

9. Why does Lester Billings make an appointment with a psychiatrist?

10. What ultimately causes Renshaw to die?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 654 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample