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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 must Norris do in the bet made between him and Cressner?
(a) Steal from the police.
(b) Hide drugs in his car and hope the police don't find it.
(c) Have his lover walk along the two-inch ledge of Cressner's apartment.
(d) Walk along the two-inch ledge of Cressner's apartment.

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

3. When does Norris' trouble start?
(a) When he falls in love with a client.
(b) When he starts dealing drugs.
(c) When he falls off the ledge.
(d) When he threatens a mobster.

4. To whom is Jerusalem's Lot rumored to be the home of?
(a) A giant worm.
(b) An evil preacher.
(c) Vampires.
(d) Aliens.

5. What does "strawberry spring" refer to?
(a) A time when strawberries are abundant.
(b) The beginning of spring.
(c) A false spring.
(d) A time when people like to eat strawberries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ailment does the man who enters the bar in One for the Road have?

2. What do Burt and Vicky discover about the child that they run down in the street?

3. What is Elizabeth's roommate concerned about?

4. What is The Woman in the Room about?

5. What does Norris do to Cressner?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does "strawberry spring" refer to?

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

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 does Children of the Corn suggest cornfields are a symbol of?

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

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