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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. Which of the following is not the name of one of Billings' children?

2. What happens to Richard in the end of I Am the Doorway?

3. What does Timmy see his father do with the dead cat?

4. Who replaces Chip Osway in Norman's class?

5. What class does Norman teach?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the great irony in Jerusalem's Lot?

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

3. What appears unusual about Officer Hunton's acceptance of the idea that the killing machines are possessed by spirits?

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

5. Describe Renshaw's character in Battleground.

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

7. What is Artie's decision in the end of I Am the Doorway and what can we conclude about him from this?

8. What do the people inside the diner do in attempts to prepare for long term survival and what happens to them?

9. What theme does The Mangler illustrate and how?

10. What does Artie believe is happening to him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The death of the main character is common in horror stories. Compare and contrast the deaths of several characters in Night Shift. Why did the character die and how? What purpose did the death serve and what message does it send to the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Evil and demonic possession are another common element in horror tales. Many of the stories portray the idea of evil in some shape or form. Discuss what evil is and how something qualifies as being evil. Then compare and contrast the tales that carry the element of evil through either a character, event or location.

Essay Topic 3

Several of the stories in Night Shift have narrators that the reader is led to believe might be unreliable, but later realize the narrator could be telling the truth. Discuss the concept of using the narrator as a tool to tell a story and the idea behind having an unreliable narrator, using examples from the book.

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