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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. What does Ellie think about her cat?

2. What did Jud invite Louis to do in Chapter 4?

3. What was Rachel's job while Louis was in medical school?

4. Why does Louis scream when he returns home from his nightly visit to Jud's house?

5. What holiday do the children look forward to in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who told Jud about the Indian burial ground and why?

2. How does the university medical center transport Pascow to the local hospital?

3. Why doesn't Norma get out of the house more?

4. Why does Louis return home feeling petty after his first visit to Jud's house?

5. Why doesn't Louis doubt Jud's tale about the evil powers at the Indian burial grounds?

6. What medical emergency does Louis help with on Halloween night?

7. What is Louis's reaction when the dead man shows up in his bedroom doorway?

8. Discuss two situations cause Louis anxiety in Chapter 7.

9. What does Louis notice about the family pet after getting it neutered? What do the other family members notice?

10. What does Jud say the community believed about the Wendigo and what is his own belief?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss foreshadowing and its importance in writing mystery or suspense novels. Select five memorable instances of foreshadowing from the story and write about them in detail. Why did those five instances stay on your mind?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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