2. Who has passed away in "The Monkey," prompting family members to clean the home?
(a) The grandfather.
(b) The aunt.
(c) The uncle.
(d) The grandmother.

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

4. What happens to Curt Garrish when he speaks with several of his peers on his way back to his dorm?
(a) He envisions that person's death.
(b) They speak pleasantly, and he moves on.
(c) He can't think of an answer for their questions.
(d) He is wracked with guilt and doesn't understand why.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Jonathan?

2. What is different about Ophelia every time she returns from one of her trips?

3. At what location do Homer and the narrator for "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" sit and swap stories?

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

5. What is the name of the boy sent to retrieve Charles in "Here There Be Tygers"?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. What is the implied source of the infestation in "The Mist"? How does he make this implication? What do you think King is trying to say with this implication?

5. "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.

6. 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?

7. What seems to be the factor linking Mrs. Todd and Homer?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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