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

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

3. What prompts Homer's story on this day?
(a) A dust storm.
(b) Shaking hands with Mr. Todd.
(c) Seeing the new Mrs. Todd.
(d) The tast of his beer.

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

5. Who is Mr. Nordoff?
(a) Lina's neighbor.
(b) Seth's neighbor.
(c) Richard's neighbor.
(d) Jonathan's neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mike originally find the narrator?

2. Who is Maureen?

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

4. What remains of Deke after his experience with the object on the lake?

5. Where is the inventor's splinter displayed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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. Why do you think Charles calls the bathroom the basement in "Here There Be Tygers"?

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

6. "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.

7. Stephen King is apparently trying to make his reader think when reading "The Jaunt." Do you think King wrote this story with that challenge in mind, or do you think he wrote it for pure entertainment?

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

9. While Randy is trying to save Deke from being sucked between the cracks in the raft by the black, oil-like creature, what is Randy doing to try and stay sane through the unbelievable situation?

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

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