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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 reasoning does Henry give for not shaking hands?
(a) Travels in Bombay.
(b) His hands are deformed.
(c) He is ill.
(d) He doesn't like to touch people.

2. What is the name of the looking glass?
(a) The English Bauble.
(b) Dante's Looking Glass.
(c) Mirabella's Looking Glass.
(d) DeIvers Looking Glass.

3. Where is the narrator in "Nona" sitting as he considers events in his life?
(a) In a jail cell.
(b) At home with his wife and two children.
(c) In a spaceship.
(d) In his masion.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the milkman place on the empty chocolate milk container at the McCarthy home?

2. What does Nona turn into?

3. During what historical period was the looking glass made?

4. Why does George's mother say his Gramma turned toward behavior that caused people to talk?

5. Why can't George invoke the name given to him by Aunt Flo?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Uncle Otto's business partner, George, was killed in an accident involving Otto's truck. Most people believe that Otto killed George over a business disagreement. Given the circumstances of the ending, do you think it was Uncle Otto or Uncle Otto's truck that killed George and why?

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

7. Rocky is dismayed and angered that the milkman, Spike, impregnated his wife. Spike seems not the least bit intimidated, possibly even enjoying Rocky's discomfort. Do you think Spike did what he did in order to specifically anger Rocky, or do you think Spike doesn't care what anyone thinks?

8. The milkman in King's short stories is certainly not your ordinary milkman. He spreads death rather than cheer with wholesome milk. What about Spike makes his methods that much more unusual?

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

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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