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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 George McCutchson?
(a) The man selling the land to Otto.
(b) Uncle Otto's partner.
(c) Quentin's father.
(d) The town pastor.

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

3. Where does Nona take the narrator?
(a) To Eastport.
(b) To her house.
(c) To the next truck stop.
(d) To a cemetery.

4. How does Davidson feel about the way Henry left?
(a) Insulted.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Angry.
(d) Depressed.

5. What adjective is used to describe the looking glass in "The Reaper's Image"?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Treasured.
(c) Feared.
(d) Famous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main character in "Nona" trying to figure out?

2. What is the reason for the party in "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet"?

3. Where is Richard Pine when he writes in his diary?

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

5. Richard Pine's story details the accounts of whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Children are often frightened by elderly relatives. Everything about them seems foreign and frightening. Do you think George's fear of Gramma was instinctual or merely the usual fear a child has of older people?

3. 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?

4. There is a rumor in the family that Gramma did something to Franklin to make him die. Do you think the family is just overreacting to their guilt and loss by blaming it on Gramma?

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. 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.

9. 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?

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

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