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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Jonathan?
(a) 23.
(b) 17.
(c) 15.
(d) 66.

2. In "Here There Be Tygers," what does Charles call the bathroom that leads him to be corrected by his teacher?
(a) The banishing place.
(b) The basement.
(c) The wc.
(d) The receptacle.

3. How does Randy revive LaVerne?
(a) He slaps her face.
(b) He bites her ear.
(c) He pours water in her face.
(d) He uses smelling salts.

4. Who is Maureen?
(a) The woman both Mike Scollay and the Greek are pursuing.
(b) Mike Scollay's sister.
(c) Mike Scollay's wife.
(d) The Greek's wife.

5. Where does Mike originally find the narrator?
(a) In a speakeasy.
(b) In jail.
(c) Through his cousin.
(d) Through the Yellow Pages.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what project are the soldiers trapped in the store affiliated?

2. What is the name of the teacher in "Here There Be Tygers"?

3. Who is Mr. Nordoff?

4. What happened to the first person to go through the jaunt?

5. What does Randy do after 24 hours alone?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Word Processor of the Gods," what do you think about Richard's choice of his brother's family over his own? Is a choice made of faithfulness or greed?

2. What is the basic conflict expressed in "The Monkey"? Is there an implied winner? If so, whom or what?

3. The creator of the teleportation device used in the jaunt first experimented with mice. What is the significance of the first trip taken by the mice?

4. In what format is "Paranoid: A Chant" written, and what significance does it lend to the story?

5. The narrator seems to follow a theme throughout the story. What is the main theme the narrator displays?

6. Why do you think King bases his entire introduction on a seemingly mundane conversation with a friend?

7. Compare/contrast the two rooms in the PAT. Why do you think they are so drastically different?

8. "The Wedding Gig" is rife with metaphors, figures of speech in which an implied comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something in common. For example, "Love is a rose" is a metaphor. Identify a metaphor from "The Wedding Gig" and identify the two things being compared.

9. What seems to be the catalyst for Curt's break in sanity?

10. In "The Raft," Deke twice stops Randy from attempting to save Rachel. Was this the right thing to do, given the circumstances?

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