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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 many homes has Jud lived in over the course of his lifetime?

2. Why is Ellie nervous in Chapter 7?

3. What does the dead man's father want to know?

4. In Chapter 8, who takes the walk down the path behind the Creed's home?

5. What did the Creed family have as a pet?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Louis feel as he crosses into the Indian territory with Jud?

2. What grudge does Louis hold against his father-in-law and why doesn't the man like Louis?

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

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

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

6. Who is Louis's first patient at the university medical center on the first day of school?

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

8. How does Louis explain to Ellie about the cat getting "fixed."

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

10. Discuss two examples of foreshadowing in Chapters 6-10.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the life and accomplishments of the Pet Sematary author, Stephen King. How did he begin his writing career? What other jobs has he performed? What other works has he written?

Essay Topic 2

Define rising action as an element of plot. Discuss in detail the rising action in Pet Sematary. How did it flow? How did the rising action add to the suspense of the story?

Essay Topic 3

What is the resolution in Pet Sematary and does it resolve the primary conflict in the novel? Explain your answer.

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