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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 is outside in the parking lot in Trucks?

2. What appears to be happening to the trucks in the morning?

3. What accident leads Hunton and Jackson to further investigate the matter behind the mangler?

4. What happened to Artie's body after the space mission accident?

5. Which of the following is not a common element that can call a demon?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What ultimately causes Renshaw to die?

3. What does Artie believe is happening to him?

4. What does Artie fear and what does it tell us about him?

5. How is the reader led to believe that Charles Boone may be an unreliable narrator?

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

7. What is the problem with Needles?

8. Describe Bernie and Susie's relationship.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of the stories are told in First Person narration. Discuss first person narration as a tool, while comparing and contrasting the first person narrators in the Night Shift.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Many of the stories focus on a particular setting. which is important in moving the plot forward. Discuss how King effectively uses setting as a tool of writing, while including specific examples from the book as support.

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