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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 was Zelda's ailment?
(a) Brain tumor.
(b) Spinal tap.
(c) Spinal meningitis.
(d) Broken neck.

2. Who notices Louis's car is gone from the house in Chapter 46?
(a) Steve.
(b) Jud.
(c) Mr. Goldman.
(d) Rachel.

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

4. What makes Jud aware of Louis's post-funeral plans?
(a) Louis told him previously.
(b) It's a premoniton.
(c) Pascow told him.
(d) Jud knows Louis ordered a light-weight grave liner instead of a concrete vault.

5. What does Louis see when he looks out the window in Chapter 60?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Pascow.
(c) A strange car at Jud's house.
(d) Gage.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the path to the pet sematary, what does Louis see?

2. Who kills Jud?

3. Who has dreams about Gage in Chapter 43?

4. Where is the first place Rachel goes when she gets back into Ludlow?

5. Why doesn't Louis return home after dropping the family off at the airport?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jud die? How does he end up on the floor and what weapon was used?

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

3. In Chapter 58, what awakens Jud and why is he upset?

4. What challenge does Louis face when returning to his car with Gage's body and how does he overcome it?

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

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

7. 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?

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 does Louis watch over his sleeping son after their fun day?

10. What inspires Rachel to finally discuss her sister's death? Is she usually inspired by such instances?

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