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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 is the consequence that Morrison faces if he gains too much weight?
(a) His wife will lose her pinky.
(b) His son will lose his pinky.
(c) He will lose his pinky.
(d) His daughter will lose her pinky.

2. What connection does Ed have with Elizabeth's boyfriend?
(a) Ed is in love with him.
(b) Ed killed him.
(c) They are brothers.
(d) They are cousins.

3. How does Elizabeth keep Ed at arm's length?
(a) By telling him she is not interested in men.
(b) By telling him she will be ready to date him in a few months.
(c) By telling him she is not interested in a relationship.
(d) By telling him she has a boyfriend.

4. Why does Vicky honk the car horn?
(a) Because the police officers discover them.
(b) Because the cornfields have come to life and attack the car.
(c) Because she is impatient and wants to leave.
(d) Because a bunch of kids are converging on the car, attempting to attack.

5. What causes the narrator of Strawberry Spring to flashback?
(a) A story on the radio.
(b) Seeing his old college friend.
(c) An article in the newspaper.
(d) A story on the television.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Harold decide to hire someone to mow his lawn?

2. What special gift does Ed have?

3. In The Woman in the Room, what is Johnny's mother dying of?

4. What is the consequence of Morrison cheating the second time on program to quit smoking?

5. What does Larry find out happened to his sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Children of the Corn suggest cornfields are a symbol of?

2. What is the main purpose of The Man Who Loved Flowers?

3. What is the symbol of the ladder in The Last Rung on the Ladder?

4. What do people think about the young man in The Man Who Loved Flowers and is their assumption correct?

5. What has ironically turned into a source of danger in One for the Road and how?

6. What do we learn of Katrina's fate in The Last Rung on the Ladder?

7. Why does Harold stop mowing his lawn and what causes him to hire someone to mow it again later in The Lawnmower Man?

8. What can we tell about Booth and Tookey's characters when they decide to help the man in One for the Road?

9. What evidence points to the narrator of Strawberry Spring being the serial killer?

10. What does the ledge symbolize in the story The Ledge?

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