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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. Where did Richard Pine grow up?
(a) In an orphanage.
(b) With his grandmother.
(c) On a farm.
(d) In the projects.

2. What is Thorpe's story about?
(a) Losing everything you love.
(b) Intrigue.
(c) Going crazy.
(d) Murder.

3. Who is Spike?
(a) The dog.
(b) The milkman.
(c) The mechanic.
(d) The vampire.

4. Where are Nona and the narrator heading?
(a) Bangor.
(b) Castle Rock.
(c) Eastport.
(d) Belfast.

5. What is the main character in "Nona" trying to figure out?
(a) His reasons for committing murder.
(b) Why his life has been so charmed.
(c) What he did to get so lucky.
(d) His path to riches.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Henry win the poker game?

2. What realization does Rocky make as he and Leo are on a drunken joyride?

3. What is George Gregson doing in the parlor with his friends in "The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands"?

4. What items got Gramma fired from her job?

5. What does Richard Pine do after he breaks his ankle?

Short Essay Questions

1. Identify a simile from "The Reaper's Image" and explain how the simile adds to the description.

2. Rocky seems to be a bit of an intimidator himself. Though it is long past closing time, he coerces his friend into giving his car an inspection sticker. What do you think this says about Rocky?

3. Henry encourages a writer who apparently believes in the whimsical creatures about which he writes. Henry begins the encouragement out of amusement and boredom. Do you think the resulting actions leading to the writer's death were what Henry expected to happen?

4. Think about the setting of "The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands." How does the setting of this story add to its scary feeling?

5. Often, a killer's choice of weapon will say a lot about that person. What do you think Spike's method of operation and choice of weapon say about him?

6. Compare Henry and Reg and how their relationship affected them both.

7. What do you think would be the worst part of being afflicted as Brower is in "The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands"? Use examples from the text to support your theory.

8. What is an example of a metaphor used in "Beachworld" and what comparison is it trying to convey?

9. What do you think the story "For Owen" is about?

10. In "Nona," an innocent and once-upstanding man falls prey to the wiles of a sadistic, evil woman. Giving in to his "darker" side, he performs obscene, despicable acts at the whim of Nona. What do you think King is trying to say with this short story?

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