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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. On the first night of the strawberry spring in the narrator's past, what is discovered?
(a) The dead body of a girl buried.
(b) The dead body of a girl in pieces.
(c) The dead body of a girl with her throat slit.
(d) The dead body of a girl with her head chopped off.

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

3. What special gift does Ed have?
(a) Magic powers.
(b) Extra-sensory perception.
(c) None.
(d) Telekinesis.

4. What do the people nickname the killer in Strawberry Spring?
(a) Springheel Jack.
(b) Strawberry Spring Jack.
(c) Spring Jack.
(d) Strawberry Jack.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ed help Elizabeth?

2. What is Elizabeth's roommate concerned about?

3. To whom is Jerusalem's Lot rumored to be the home of?

4. What does Larry think back on in The Last Rung of the Ladder?

5. What does "strawberry spring" refer to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does "strawberry spring" refer to?

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

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

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

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

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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