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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. Who replaces Katherine Slavin in Norman's class?
(a) Robert Lawson.
(b) David Garcia.
(c) Wayne Norman.
(d) Vincent Corey.

2. What is odd about the machine into which a woman was pulled into and killed?
(a) The machine is extremely old.
(b) The machine is brand new.
(c) The machine is functioning perfectly.
(d) The machine is not functioning perfectly.

3. What does Hall convince Warwick to do?
(a) Kill the rats.
(b) Hire exterminators.
(c) Pay the workers more money.
(d) Check out the subbasement.

4. What do Artie and Richard go in search of?
(a) The alien spaceship.
(b) The doorway.
(c) Artie's partner's grave.
(d) The boy's grave.

5. What happens in the end of Trucks?
(a) The people become the masters and the trucks the servants.
(b) All the trucks stop working.
(c) The people become the servants and the trucks are the masters.
(d) All the people die.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Jim Norman suffered from in Sometimes They Come Back?

2. Who says "Maybe we're the last people on earth?"

3. What are the people worried about in Trucks?

4. Who is the young kid that walks into the store in Gray Matter?

5. What is Chapelwaite?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Artie believe is happening to him?

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

5. What are Norman's dreams about?

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

7. What theme does The Mangler illustrate and how?

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

9. Describe Renshaw's character in Battleground.

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

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