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

2. How were all the cairns disturbed at the Indian burial site?
(a) They were disturbed when the grave occupants came back to life.
(b) Louis kicked them over.
(c) Meddling kids.
(d) They were old and in ruins.

3. While on the plane to Chicago, which character visits Ellie in a dream to tell her something bad is going to happen?
(a) Gage.
(b) Jud.
(c) Mr. Goldman.
(d) Paxcow.

4. Who is happy that Rachel plans to return to check on Louis?
(a) Gage.
(b) Ellie.
(c) Jud.
(d) Mr. Goldman.

5. Who bumps into and knocks over the casket in Chapter 36?
(a) Jud.
(b) Mr. Goldman.
(c) Louis.
(d) Ellie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason for Jud's late night visit in Chapter 38?

2. Why does Louis feel guilty in Chapter 33?

3. Who does Rachel think she sees upstairs in Chapter 59?

4. What makes Jud aware of Louis's post-funeral plans?

5. What time does Louis leave for the Pleasantview Cemetery?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. Why doesn't Louis drive home after taking his family to the airport and what thoughts does he have while eating dinner at the hotel's restaurant?

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

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