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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Curt begin to focus upon when he enters his room?
(a) The bible.
(b) A gun.
(c) His pending date.
(d) His finals.

2. Where does the narrator of "Paranoid: A Chant" believe he cannot go?
(a) To the living room.
(b) To the bathroom.
(c) To the basement.
(d) Outside.

3. What happened to the first person to go through the jaunt?
(a) He was turned inside out.
(b) Nothing adverse.
(c) He went insane and was put in a sanitarium.
(d) He died.

4. Who is Richard Hagstrom in "Word Processor of the Gods"?
(a) The antagonist.
(b) A minor character.
(c) The protagonist.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

5. In what year is "The Wedding Gig" set?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1927.

6. What happens when Richard hits the "delete" key?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The screen goes blank.
(c) He hears a scream from the kitchen.
(d) A picture of his wife disappears.

7. Curt has a poster of whom on his wall?
(a) Humphrey Bogart.
(b) Luke Skywalker.
(c) A WWF wrestler.
(d) Farrah Faucett.

8. To what does King's friend compare the pay King receives for "Word Processer of the Gods"?
(a) The pay of a New York plumber.
(b) The pay for a college student's article.
(c) The pay of a lower rank secretary.
(d) The pay of a first rate novelist.

9. What does the narrator of "Paranoid: A Chant" do to avoid cameras?
(a) Pack himself in ice.
(b) Wrap himself in tinfoil.
(c) Paint all of his windows red.
(d) Paint all of his windows black.

10. What did Hal think had happened to the item his oldest son has found?
(a) It had been thrown into a well.
(b) It had been burned.
(c) It had been given away.
(d) It had been torn to pieces.

11. What had Mark's son done when the attendants put the mask on him?
(a) Screamed for his mother.
(b) Took it off without them knowing.
(c) Poked a hole in it.
(d) Held his breath.

12. What does Brent Norton and his group deny?
(a) That the fog could possibly be poisonous.
(b) Evidence of anything supernatural.
(c) That the fog smells different.
(d) That the end of the world is at hand.

13. What serves as King's main character in his creative writing process?
(a) An unknown entity.
(b) King's alter ego.
(c) It changes every time.
(d) I Guy.

14. Who is the subject of Homer's story?
(a) Ophelia Todd.
(b) Mr. Todd.
(c) A ghostly child.
(d) A run down hobo.

15. In "The Mist," what precipitates the thick fog?
(a) A strange smell.
(b) A thunderstorm.
(c) An unusual drop in temperature.
(d) A foghorn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mrs. Todd obsessed with?

2. What is Mrs. Carmody rumored to be?

3. What does Richard realize about the word processor?

4. What reasoning does the narrator use for thinking about Maureen from time to time?

5. Where does Mike originally find the narrator?

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