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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 do the father and son do on Louis's best day ever?
2. What did Zelda call The Wizard of Oz?
3. Who did Timmy call a whoremonger?
4. Why does Louis feel guilty in Chapter 33?
5. On the path to the pet sematary, Louis hears a sobbing laugh. He tells himself it is only...
Short Essay Questions
1. After burying Gage in the Indian cemetery, Louis makes his way home then falls asleep. What does he dream?
2. What reason does Jud rationalize for not intercepting Louis once he realizes what Louis must have planned? How does the author lead the reader to believe that there is another reason Jud does not intercept Louis?
3. How does Louis feel when he sees Jud comforting Ellie at the funeral in Chapter 41 and why does he feel that way?
4. Why does Louis want Rachel and Ellie to go to Chicago and how does he convince them to go?
5. What is the date of Gage's funeral and in what sequence do we learn about it in the book?
6. Using Norma's voice, what does one of the intruders tell Jud about what his wife knows and what his wife did?
7. How does Louis get into Pleasantview Cemetery once the gates are locked?
8. When Louis first saw the Indian burial ground, he noted all the cairns had been disturbed. As he's burying Gage, the reader learns that Louis has discovered why. Why have the cairns been disturbed and how does Louis know this?
9. Why can't Louis help console his wife and daughter?
10. Why was Rachel scared of her sister?
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
What is the resolution in Pet Sematary and does it resolve the primary conflict in the novel? Explain your answer.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapters 51-57, Louis and Rachel are both experiencing some conflict. Define conflict and discuss in detail the conflicts facing Louis and Rachel in these chapters. Please also note the technique in which the author reports or expresses the urgency of the conflict.
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