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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 do local children often take the path?

2. Who was the dying man Louis sees in the campus clinic?

3. What happened to Jud's dog that he buried in the cemetery?

4. What were the dying man's last words?

5. What is Louis instructed to do on the cliff?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Indians believe about the Wendigo and how does this belief affect their sacred burial grounds?

2. What is the argument between Rachel and Louis regarding their pet and why is it important to the story?

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

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

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

6. Discuss the difference between Louis's and Rachel's thoughts regarding death.

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

8. Where does the dead man take Louis and what does he see that truly frightens him?

9. Why do the Creeds take an almost immediate liking to Jud?

10. What happens as the family stares at their new home for the first time?

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

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

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