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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 items got Gramma fired from her job?
(a) Pills.
(b) Religious statuary.
(c) Books.
(d) Coins.

2. In what room of the museum is the looking glass kept?
(a) The upper floor gables room.
(b) The courtesan library.
(c) The special exhibition room.
(d) The attic.

3. During what historical period was the looking glass made?
(a) Georgian.
(b) Elizabethan.
(c) Carolinian.
(d) Victorian.

4. Why does Quentin think Uncle Otto is hallucinating about McCutchson's truck?
(a) Because Otto thinks McCutchson is haunting him.
(b) Because Quentin thinks Otto killed McCutchson with the truck.
(c) Because Otto has intense guilt about his partner's demise.
(d) Because Otto is going mad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is said to be a part of the legend associated with the looking glass?

2. What is the implication for George at the end of "Gramma"?

3. What kind of problem did Henry admit he had that contributed to his scheme against Thorpe?

4. How many acres was the land Uncle Otto intended to purchase?

5. How does Davidson feel about the way Henry left?

Short Essay Questions

1. Quentin seems terrified of Uncle Otto's truck himself, especially after seeing first hand what happened to Uncle Otto. What does Quentin fear the most?

2. Foreshadowing is when an event early in the story hints at an event to take place later in the story. Find an example of foreshadowing in "The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands." Cite the foreshadowing event and the event it foreshadows.

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

4. Reg likely suffers from a serious mental illness, yet Henry continues to encourage Reg's fantasies. What do you think was Henry's motivating factor?

5. "The Reaper's Image" is perhaps one of the creepiest tales in "Skeleton Crew." What aspect of this story make it particularly appropriate for a King collection?

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

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

8. Richard Pine is a man who has made his fortune as a surgeon with his hands, but the rest of his life has been shady and complicated. However, through it all, he protected his hands. How do you think he felt when his hands were the only things he had left, and he was faced with eating those for survival?

9. 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?

10. Gramma is fat, flabby, blind, and smells funny. She also often wears a sly, frightening appearance. Do you think she plays up her frightening aspects to keep the family in line?

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