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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. As Rachel thinks back about Louis taking them to the airport, she becomes frightened when she realizes...
(a) He looked scared. Louis is never scared.
(b) He looked suicidal.
(c) He did not appear to miss Gage at all.
(d) Louis was starting to age.

2. Who has dreams about Gage in Chapter 43?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Ellie.
(c) Louis.
(d) Pascow.

3. How old is Ellie on her birthday in Chapter 34?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

4. What time does Louis leave for the Pleasantview Cemetery?
(a) 1 a.m.
(b) Noon.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 11 p.m.

5. Why is Rachel afraid of Zelda?
(a) She is dead.
(b) Zelda threatened to kill her.
(c) Zelda's pain made her clinically insane.
(d) Zelda is a creepy name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What inspires Rachel to finally discuss the details of her sister's death?

2. On the path to the pet sematary, Louis hears a sobbing laugh. He tells himself it is only...

3. Why is Jud worried in Chapter 45?

4. How does Louis get Ellie to leave home after the funeral in Chapter 41?

5. What scares Jud most about the townsman who was resurrected at the Indian cemetery?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Louis feel when he sees Jud comforting Ellie at the funeral in Chapter 41 and why does he feel that way?

2. When Louis first saw the Indian burial ground, he noted all the cairns had been disturbed. As he's burying Gage, the reader learns that Louis has discovered why. Why have the cairns been disturbed and how does Louis know this?

3. Who misses the family viewing at the funeral home when Gage dies and why?

4. Why does Louis want Rachel and Ellie to go to Chicago and how does he convince them to go?

5. What reason does Jud rationalize for not intercepting Louis once he realizes what Louis must have planned? How does the author lead the reader to believe that there is another reason Jud does not intercept Louis?

6. What is the date of Gage's funeral and in what sequence do we learn about it in the book?

7. Why was Rachel scared of her sister?

8. After burying Gage in the Indian cemetery, Louis makes his way home then falls asleep. What does he dream?

9. Rachel pulls into a hotel for the night, but doesn't stay. Why does she leave?

10. What will Louis do if Gage is resurrected as some kind of monster? How does he hope that Gage will return to life?

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