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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. How does Louis explain the unexpected return to the Creed home in Chapter 25?

2. While Church lies purring on Gage's chest, what is happening to Gage?

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

4. What two secrets is Louis hiding in Chapters 26-30?

5. How many times does Louis put Church out in Chapter 28?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the dead man tell Louis and why?

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

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

5. Why does Louis visit the Pet Sematary after dinner in Chapter 18 and what does he do when he is there?

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

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

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

9. What does Louis do with the Creed family pet after the truck accident on the busy road?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define and discuss crisis in literature. When does it occur? Discuss the crisis of Pet Sematary in detail.

Essay Topic 2

Jud was terrified that the resurrected Timmy Baterman "knew things." How does this fear relate to the conflict and the theme of the book?

Essay Topic 3

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

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