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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 is the name of the teacher in "Here There Be Tygers"?
(a) Miss Beasley.
(b) Miss Brackins.
(c) Miss Branch.
(d) Miss Bird.

2. Who is the inventor of the jaunt?
(a) Vincent Caramore.
(b) Victor Carune.
(c) Vernon Carmichael.
(d) Vidal Ciccone.

3. What type of band did the main character in "The Wedding Gig" play in?
(a) Swing.
(b) Rock.
(c) Country.
(d) Jazz.

4. What does Richard realize about the word processor?
(a) It is satanic.
(b) It is overworked and will quit soon.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) It is a religious device.

5. Who is Lina to Richard Hagstrom?
(a) His niece.
(b) His sister.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charles encounter in the bathroom?

2. What point does Curt's story contain?

3. Where does the narrator of "Paranoid: A Chant" believe he cannot go?

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

5. Who takes the gas first in "The Jaunt"?

Short Essay Questions

1. "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.

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

3. "Word Processor of the Gods" could fit into several different genres. Which genre do you think it fits into best and why?

4. In "The Monkey," what does the stuffed creature represent to Hal? What fears does it reawaken within him?

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

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

8. 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?

9. In "The Mist," what do you think is the underlying message the story conveys to the reader? Cite examples from the story.

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

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