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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 Burt and Vicky discover about the child that they run down in the street?

2. What is discovered about the young man in the end of The Man Who Loved Flowers?

3. What connection does Ed have with Elizabeth's boyfriend?

4. What special gift does Ed have?

5. What ailment does the man who enters the bar in One for the Road have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the ledge symbolize in the story The Ledge?

3. What do we learn of Katrina's fate in The Last Rung on the Ladder?

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

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

6. What does "strawberry spring" refer to?

7. What is the symbol of the ladder in The Last Rung on the Ladder?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Gray Matter and Quitters, Inc. Gray matter is a statement of anti-alcoholism while Quitters, Inc. is anti-smoking, two very common habits many people have.

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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