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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 explanation does the person who is mowing the lawn give to Harold about his behavior?
2. What is discovered about the young man in the end of The Man Who Loved Flowers?
3. What is the consequence of Morrison cheating the second time on program to quit smoking?
4. What year is The Man Who Loved Flowers set in?
5. Who does Harold expect will come to mow his lawn?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Quitters, Inc. what sight causes Morrison to want to go to the police and not accept the program he signed up for?
2. How can The Woman in the Room still be considered a horror story though it is not the traditional kind?
3. What is the basic premise of I Know What You Need?
4. What type of person is Stan Norris in The Ledge?
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 does Children of the Corn suggest cornfields are a symbol of?
7. What is the main purpose of The Man Who Loved Flowers?
8. How does marital discord influence the story in Children of the Corn?
9. What decision does Johnny struggle with in The Woman in the Room?
10. What evidence points to the narrator of Strawberry Spring being the serial killer?
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
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 3
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.
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