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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 location does the man in One for the Road say he left his wife and daughter near?
(a) The cornfield.
(b) Chapelwaite.
(c) Jerusalem's Lot.
(d) Salem's Lot.

2. What did Larry do to save his sister when they were children?
(a) Catch her.
(b) Pile hay underneath her.
(c) Call their father.
(d) Get another ladder.

3. With what sort of intention about smoking does Dick Morrison go to Quitters, Inc.?
(a) Nonchalant commitment to quit.
(b) Half-hearted intention to quit.
(c) Not fully committed to quit.
(d) Full-fledged intention to quit.

4. What is The Woman in the Room about?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Euthanasia.
(c) Romance.
(d) Horror.

5. Why does Harold decide to hire someone to mow his lawn?
(a) The neighbors complain that his lawn is dirty.
(b) His lawn has gotten too wild to ignore.
(c) There are wild animals living in his lawn.
(d) His wife wants the lawn mowed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What explanation does the person who is mowing the lawn give to Harold about his behavior?

2. What is the name of the young man's special lady in The Man Who Loved Flowers?

3. Who is Cressner?

4. Who is the first person narrator in One For the Road?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Harold horrified to learn about the man he hired to mow his lawn in The Lawnmower Man?

2. What decision does Johnny struggle with in The Woman in the Room?

3. What is the basic premise of I Know What You Need?

4. In Quitters, Inc. what sight causes Morrison to want to go to the police and not accept the program he signed up for?

5. How can The Woman in the Room still be considered a horror story though it is not the traditional kind?

6. What convinces Morrison to quit smoking?

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

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

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

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

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