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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Louis dream about the night Gage is sick?

3. Who returns to the Creed home in Chapter 25?

4. Who dreams that the Creed's cat died?

5. What inconsistency does Louis notice in Jud's story?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the Creed family pet doing while Gage is choking on his own vomit? What does Louis do to the pet?

3. What is ironic about the advice Jud gives Louis in Chapter 2?

4. What secret does Jud and Louis keep from their wives in Chapter 25 and who decides it must be kept a secret?

5. What disturbs Louis about the dying man's words?

6. Why does Louis try to quickly clean up any animals that Church kills?

7. Discuss the appearance of the "pet sematary."

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

9. Why did Stanny B know so much about the Micmac Indians?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Pet Sematary, forces of both good and evil draw from an all-knowing, or omniscient, spiritual plane. Give examples of the good and evil from the spiritual plane.

Essay Topic 2

What is the difference between the theme and the subject of a literary work? Discuss the differences as they relate to Pet Sematary.

Essay Topic 3

What is inciting force and which character was the inciting force in this story? How did the character fulfill that role? Give three examples and discuss the importance of each one in detail.

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