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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. Who is happy about getting the pet fixed?
(a) Louis.
(b) The pet.
(c) Jud.
(d) Rachel and Ellie.

2. Louis's uncle, a mortician, told him that during an autopsy, the skull is filled with...
(a) Tissue paper.
(b) Anything handy.
(c) Brown paper.
(d) Syrofoam peanuts.

3. What does Louis notice is missing from the family pet after being fixed?
(a) A patch of fur.
(b) His collar.
(c) The obvious.
(d) The feistiness in his eyes.

4. Louis examines Norma and discovers that her doctor is...
(a) Giving her too much medication.
(b) Not very smart.
(c) Doing everything he can for her condition.
(d) Giving her the wrong medicine.

5. Who was the dying man Louis sees in the campus clinic?
(a) Pavlov.
(b) Victor Pascow.
(c) Jud's cousin.
(d) Victor Paxcow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Louis awake in Chapter 17?

2. What happened to Jud's dog that he buried in the cemetery?

3. In Chapter 12, what is Louis working on when he is summoned to an emergency?

4. What two secrets is Louis hiding in Chapters 26-30?

5. Where does the Chapter 16 visitor take Louis?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss two situations cause Louis anxiety in Chapter 7.

2. Why does Louis visit the Pet Sematary after dinner in Chapter 18 and what does he do when he is there?

3. What does Jud say the community believed about the Wendigo and what is his own belief?

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

5. Why doesn't Norma get out of the house more?

6. Discuss the appearance of the "pet sematary."

7. Why does Louis return home feeling petty after his first visit to Jud's house?

8. As the story opens, what is Louis's dream job and fantasy?

9. Who is Louis's first patient at the university medical center on the first day of school?

10. Discuss two examples of foreshadowing in Chapters 6-10.

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