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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two secrets is Louis hiding in Chapters 26-30?
(a) The death and resurrection of Church and the prosititute he visited six years prior.
(b) His friendship with Jud and Pascow.
(c) His fear of death and his anger against his in-laws.
(d) He wants a new car and wants to run away from home.

2. Who was Zelda?
(a) Rachel's sister.
(b) Louis's first cat.
(c) Jud's first dog.
(d) A creepy neighborhood lady.

3. What does the Chapter 16 visitor tell Louis?
(a) To leave his wife and kids.
(b) Not to come back to the pet sematary ever again.
(c) Not to cross the barrier, no matter how tempted.
(d) To get out of the medical profession.

4. What does Jud warn Louis about during their first evening visit?
(a) The truck traffic on the road.
(b) An evil vet who likes to fix animals.
(c) The pedestrian traffic on the road.
(d) A ghost from the local cemetery.

5. Who cries all night when the family pet is gone to the vet?
(a) Gage.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Ellie.
(d) Louis.

Short Answer Questions

1. After arriving at the new home, Louis realizes he has lost...

2. What does Louis notice is missing from the family pet after being fixed?

3. What illness does Norma have?

4. What were the dying man's last words?

5. Why does Louis believe Jud's ridiculous story about the Indian burial site?

Short Essay Questions

1. What alarms Louis on the first day of school as he pulls into the medical center parking lot?

2. What medical emergency does Louis help with on Halloween night?

3. What grudge does Louis hold against his father-in-law and why doesn't the man like Louis?

4. Why does Louis try to quickly clean up any animals that Church kills?

5. What is the Creed family pet doing while Gage is choking on his own vomit? What does Louis do to the pet?

6. Who told Jud about the Indian burial ground and why?

7. What is the argument between Rachel and Louis regarding their pet and why is it important to the story?

8. How does Louis feel as he crosses into the Indian territory with Jud?

9. What does Louis notice about the family pet after getting it neutered? What do the other family members notice?

10. Why do the Creeds take an almost immediate liking to Jud?

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