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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Charles and Calvin discover is odd about the cross they find in Jerusalem's Lot?

2. Which of the following, if it was part of the possession, will prevent the exorcism from working?

3. What about David Garcia does Norman recognize?

4. Where does Hall currently work?

5. What does Artie believe he did that he tells Richard?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Hall shown to be smarter than the average working man?

2. What questions are the readers left wondering at the end along with Norman in Sometimes They Come Back?

3. Briefly describe Hall's character from Graveyard Shift.

4. What is Hall's fate and how might one describe it?

5. What are Norman's dreams about?

6. In The Mangler, what does Jackson research that must be done to the machines?

7. Why does Lester Billings make an appointment with a psychiatrist?

8. What do we discover in the end of The Boogeyman?

9. What kind of son is Timmy?

10. What implies that the church Charles finds might have belonged to Satan-worshipers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Boogeyman story is a tale told about a monster that many children grow up hearing. Many variations have been told about the monster in the closet or the monster hiding underneath the bed. Research the concept of the boogeyman and analyze King's re-telling of the monster's tale.

Essay Topic 2

The idea of good versus evil is timeless and will continue to be used over and over in literature. Many of the stories in Night Surf use the concept of good versus evil. Compare and contrast the specific stories that have this battle.

Essay Topic 3

Though the majority of the stories in Night Shift are horror, some of the stories do serve the purpose of teaching a lesson about life. Which stories do this and how? Compare and contrast them. Be sure to include exactly what the lesson is and how it is effectively relayed.

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