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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. Why doesn't Louis return home after dropping the family off at the airport?
(a) He wants to see a prostitute.
(b) He needs time to drive around and think.
(c) He never wants to go to that house again.
(d) He's afraid Jud will catch him.

2. Who is hiding in Gage's closet in Chapter 35?
(a) Jud.
(b) Louis.
(c) Ellie.
(d) Church.

3. Why can't Louis comfort his family in Chapter 36?
(a) He's tired of their whining.
(b) He feels guilty for not being able to catch Gage before the truck hit him.
(c) He can't stand them and wants to run away.
(d) He is too busy fighting.

4. What will Louis do if Gage becomes a monster?
(a) Take him to Disney World.
(b) Knock him out with the shovel.
(c) Overdose him on morphine and rebury him.
(d) Shoot him with a gun.

5. What lie does Louis tell his caller?
(a) That Rachel is fine, but gone to the store.
(b) That Rachel is washing her hair.
(c) That he can't talk because he's working.
(d) That Rachel said she wants a divorce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Louis buy on his way home from the airport?

2. Who prescribes bed rest for Rachel and Ellie?

3. Whose funeral is on May 17?

4. Who kills Jud?

5. Why is Jud worried in Chapter 45?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Ellie sick during her plane trip? What makes her perk up at the end of the trip?

2. What secret does Jud admit to Louis in Chapter 39 and why does he share it?

3. How does Louis get into Pleasantview Cemetery once the gates are locked?

4. 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?

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

6. What is happening with Louis and with Rachel at 11 p.m. in Chapters 47-48? Why does the author report their activities this way?

7. Why can't Louis help console his wife and daughter?

8. Who are the two intruders in Jud's house and what reason does one intruder give for being there?

9. What father-son activity do the Creeds enjoy on March 24, 1984 and why is it so special?

10. Using Norma's voice, what does one of the intruders tell Jud about what his wife knows and what his wife did?

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