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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 offers to take Ellie for a walk down the path in the Creed's backyard?
(a) A boy from school.
(b) Jud.
(c) Norma.
(d) Louis.

2. Why is the ambulance missing on Louis's first day at work?
(a) It has a radiator leak.
(b) It is stolen.
(c) It has a flat tire.
(d) It needs an oil change.

3. How does Louis feel when he returns from his first visit to Jud's house?
(a) Tired.
(b) Petty.
(c) Energized.
(d) Scared.

4. Who maintains the pet cemetery?
(a) A creepy old guy.
(b) The local children.
(c) Jud.
(d) The owner of the house.

5. In Chapter 2, how does Ellie cut her knee?
(a) She falls from a tire swing.
(b) All of the above.
(c) The pet bites her.
(d) She falls over the ledge of the Pet Sematary.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the Creed family have as a pet?

3. Why does Louis quickly clean up dead critters dragged up by Church?

4. Who brings a sense of calmness to the Creeds in Chapter 2?

5. Louis examines Norma and discovers that her doctor is...

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What discrepancy in Jud's pet story did Louis recall?

3. Why doesn't Louis doubt Jud's tale about the evil powers at the Indian burial grounds?

4. Who is Steve Masterson and what role does he have in the horrible accident that happens on the first day of school?

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

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

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

8. Discuss the difference between Louis's and Rachel's thoughts regarding death.

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

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

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