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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 Johnny's mother ask him to sneak her sometimes?
(a) Powerful painkillers.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Aspirin.
(d) Her journal.

2. How does Ed help Elizabeth?
(a) By being her friend.
(b) By buying her ice cream.
(c) By giving her answers to a test.
(d) By consoling her after her breakup.

3. In Quitters, Inc. what does Jimmy McCann say he has quit?
(a) Stealing.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Gambling.

4. Where do Burt and Vicky end up while they are driving?
(a) Cornfields.
(b) A lake.
(c) A forest.
(d) Mountains.

5. What is the name of the young man's special lady in The Man Who Loved Flowers?
(a) Her name is not mentioned.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Norma.
(d) Rita.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Larry find waiting for him when he returns home in The Last Rung on the Ladder?

2. What does Cressner reveal to Norris?

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

4. When Booth, Tookey, and the man arrive at the car, what do they discover?

5. What has happened to the wife and daughter in One For the Road?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does "strawberry spring" refer to?

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

7. What type of person is Stan Norris in The Ledge?

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

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

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

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