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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 the people nickname the killer in Strawberry Spring?

2. What causes the narrator of Strawberry Spring to flashback?

3. What does Norris do to Cressner?

4. What does Johnny give his mother?

5. How does Elizabeth keep Ed at arm's length?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does "strawberry spring" refer to?

3. What convinces Morrison to quit smoking?

4. What do people think about the young man in The Man Who Loved Flowers and is their assumption correct?

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

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

7. What evidence points to the narrator of Strawberry Spring being the serial killer?

8. What decision does Johnny struggle with in The Woman in the Room?

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

10. How can The Woman in the Room still be considered a horror story though it is not the traditional kind?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of the stories in Night Shift have a film adaptation. Analyze what elements of the stories lend themselves to be translated to film. Are the messages as clear? Does film make the story clearer, or change it altogether? How and why?

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

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.

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