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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. What happens to Rachel when she leans over to touch the object floating on the lake?
(a) She is pulled in.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) She is mesmerised.
(d) She is dissolved.

2. What does Deke spot on the surface of the lake?
(a) An overturned boat.
(b) Dead fish.
(c) Blood.
(d) A dark shape that resembles an oil slick.

3. Who is Brent Norton?
(a) Mike's neighbor.
(b) The leader of a local athiest cult.
(c) The owner of the store.
(d) Mrs. Carmody's son.

4. To what location do David, Billy, and the neighbor travel after the fog rolls in?
(a) The local bar.
(b) The diner.
(c) The livestock feed store.
(d) The grocery store.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard realize about the word processor?

2. In "The Mist," what precipitates the thick fog?

3. What does Curt begin to discuss with the poster in his room?

4. What does Mrs. Carmody suggest to rectify the situation with the fog?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of King's use of a "Wouldn't it be funny if . . . ?" beginning to his short stories? What do you think this method adds to or detracts from his stories?

2. "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.

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

4. In "The Jaunt," Mark's family is destroyed by Mark's own deception. Given the reasons for his deception, do you think he was justified in his actions.

5. In "Paranoid: A Chant," there are several instances in which the narrator is showing how obviously disturbed he is. Give one such example and tell why you think that example fits.

6. Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect; an extravagant statement. For example, "The sun was blindingly bright and hotter than ten thousand fires." Give an example of hyperbole from "The Wedding Gig" and give an explanation of why King uses it in this story.

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

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

9. What is the significance of the "Execute" button on the word processor, and how does Richard feel when looking at that button for the first time?

10. What do you think Mike Scollay was implying when he told the coronet player that he was going to have to play loud?

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