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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. In The Ledge, what is Stan Norris' profession?

2. What event causes Harold Parkette in The Lawnmower Man to sell his mower?

3. When does Norris' trouble start?

4. How does Ed help Elizabeth?

5. What does Johnny give his mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the main purpose of The Man Who Loved Flowers?

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

5. In Quitters, Inc. what sight causes Morrison to want to go to the police and not accept the program he signed up for?

6. Why does Harold stop mowing his lawn and what causes him to hire someone to mow it again later in The Lawnmower Man?

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

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

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

10. What does "strawberry spring" refer to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss horror as a genre. Research its popularity, examining what classifies a story as horror and how the stories in Night Shift fit this genre.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Several characters in different tales are shown to have a strong sense of morality shown in different ways. Compare and contrast characters who exemplify their morality, using references to support your claims.

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