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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. George tells his friends about an event that took place how many years before?
(a) 65.
(b) 5.
(c) 20.
(d) 2.

2. What is the implication for George at the end of "Gramma"?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) George is going to get a beating from his mother.
(c) Gramma has taken over George's body.
(d) George has killed Gramma and must confess.

3. Why can't George call for help for Gramma?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) The phone is dead.
(c) The house has no phone.
(d) The phone is making a strange noise.

4. What does Rocky call his friend Bobby?
(a) Stiff Socks.
(b) Top Hat.
(c) Mr. Goodwrench.
(d) Goldfinger.

5. What happens to the dog that gave Henry his paw to shake?
(a) It is taken away by the dog catcher.
(b) It becomes Henry's pet.
(c) It goes mad.
(d) It dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Henry kill himself?

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

3. What happens when George tries to cover Gramma with a sheet?

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

5. Who is George McCutchson?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of irony can be found within "Survivor Type"? Be sure to use examples from the text to support your theory.

2. 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.

3. What is an example of personification in the story "Beachworld"? How does it affect the story? Explain why you chose this example.

4. 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?

5. "For Owen" seems oddly placed in this collection of stories. Why might King have placed a story about his young son in the midst of more savage and frightening ones?

6. What is the significance of the opening in "The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands"?

7. Henry finally shares his story with a few close friends years later about Reg and the Fornits. Why do you think it took him so long to share this information?

8. Rumor had it that Gramma was a witch and apparently became one because she could not carry a baby to term. Do you think Gramma was justified to dabble in witchcraft to attain her dream?

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

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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