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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. Where does Johnny leave the pill bottle?
(a) Inside the top of his mother's purse.
(b) In his pocket.
(c) In the trashcan.
(d) On the pillow by his mother.

2. Which president is mentioned in The Man Who Loved Flowers?
(a) Washington.
(b) FDR.
(c) Lincoln.
(d) JFK.

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

4. What does Norris do to Cressner?
(a) Pushes him off the ledge.
(b) Shoots him.
(c) Forces him to walk the ledge.
(d) Knocks him unconscious.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cressner reveal to Norris?

2. Why does Vicky have an aversion to religion?

3. The records that Burt finds shows that the deaths of the people occurred on exactly what day?

4. Why does Vicky honk the car horn?

5. What is Elizabeth's roommate concerned about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What convinces Morrison to quit smoking?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does "strawberry spring" refer to?

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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