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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is Mr. Nordoff?
2. To what does Mark awaken?
3. At what location do Homer and the narrator for "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" sit and swap stories?
4. Where is the inventor's splinter displayed?
5. What message does the Greek send to Mike?
Short Essay Questions
1. "Word Processor of the Gods" could fit into several different genres. Which genre do you think it fits into best and why?
2. What is the significance of the "Execute" button on the word processor, and how does Richard feel when looking at that button for the first time?
3. "The Wedding Gig" is rife with metaphors, figures of speech in which an implied comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something in common. For example, "Love is a rose" is a metaphor. Identify a metaphor from "The Wedding Gig" and identify the two things being compared.
4. In "The Mist," what do you think is the underlying message the story conveys to the reader? Cite examples from the story.
5. In "The Raft," Deke twice stops Randy from attempting to save Rachel. Was this the right thing to do, given the circumstances?
6. The creator of the teleportation device used in the jaunt first experimented with mice. What is the significance of the first trip taken by the mice?
7. Compare/contrast the two rooms in the PAT. Why do you think they are so drastically different?
8. What is the implied source of the infestation in "The Mist"? How does he make this implication? What do you think King is trying to say with this implication?
9. What is the basic conflict expressed in "The Monkey"? Is there an implied winner? If so, whom or what?
10. While Randy is trying to save Deke from being sucked between the cracks in the raft by the black, oil-like creature, what is Randy doing to try and stay sane through the unbelievable situation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
King's stories and novels often seem to convey a lesson or moral. Give examples of some of the lessons contained within the stories in "Skeleton Crew." What do you think King was trying to say in these instances? In such a genre, do you think a moral is often the purpose of the story?
Essay Topic 2
Conflict in any story or novel is developed by interaction between protagonist and antagonist. Choose any one of the stories in "Skeleton Crew" and identify the protagonist and antagonist in the story and the conflict that develops between them. What does this add to the story?
Essay Topic 3
Charles seems to be a boy with a very active imagination. In "Here There Be Tygers," what appears to be the motivating factor for Charles's tiger lurking in the bathroom (or basement as he calls it)? Is it fear, revenge, motivation, or possibly something else that makes the tiger real for him?
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