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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 Artie do to his hands in hopes of preventing more killing?
(a) Chops them off.
(b) Burns them.
(c) Breaks them.
(d) Nothing.

2. Having what flu is supposed to make one immune to A6?
(a) A6.
(b) A2.
(c) Captain Trips.
(d) A3.

3. Which of the following is not a common element that can call a demon?
(a) Hand of glory.
(b) Blood of a virgin.
(c) Rat's tail.
(d) Bat's blood.

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

5. What did Hall, the main character of Graveyard Shift, start off as?
(a) A bus boy.
(b) A short-order cook.
(c) A taxi driver.
(d) A college student.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Hall currently work?

3. What does Artie see on his hands that causes him to bandage them?

4. What does Billings confess to the psychiatrist?

5. What do the tiny soldiers do to Renshaw?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hall behave and interact with Warwick, his supervisor?

2. What appears unusual about Officer Hunton's acceptance of the idea that the killing machines are possessed by spirits?

3. How does Stephen King use setting as a "character" in Jerusalem's Lot?

4. Describe Renshaw's character in Battleground.

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

6. What is the symbolism behind the gray mass that Richie has become?

7. What questions are the readers left wondering at the end along with Norman in Sometimes They Come Back?

8. What theme does The Mangler illustrate and how?

9. What are Norman's dreams about?

10. What sort of tone does Lester have when he is telling his story and what might the reader initially think about him?

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