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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 event causes Harold Parkette in The Lawnmower Man to sell his mower?
(a) When a cat is caught under the blades.
(b) When a squirrel is caught under the blades.
(c) When a woodchuck is caught under the blades.
(d) When a dog is caught under the blades.

2. What ailment does the man who enters the bar in One for the Road have?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Frostbite.
(c) Hives.
(d) Chicken pox.

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

4. What happened with the loose ladder in The Last Rung of the Ladder?
(a) It fell leaving Larry's sister dangling above the ground.
(b) It was fixed.
(c) It fell leaving Larry dangling above the ground.
(d) Nothing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Harold expect will come to mow his lawn?

2. How does Ed help Elizabeth?

3. What is the consequence that Morrison faces if he gains too much weight?

4. What do people think when they see the young man in The Man Who Loved Flowers?

5. What causes the narrator of Strawberry Spring to flashback?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does marital discord influence the story in Children of the Corn?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Briefly describe Elizabeth's character in I Know What You Need.

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

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