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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. What serves as King's main character in his creative writing process?
2. What is "the jaunt"?
3. What happens when Mike runs out to confront the Greek?
4. What message does the Greek send to Mike?
5. To what does King's friend compare the pay King receives for "Word Processer of the Gods"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the purpose of King's use of a "Wouldn't it be funny if . . . ?" beginning to his short stories? What do you think this method adds to or detracts from his stories?
2. The narrator seems to follow a theme throughout the story. What is the main theme the narrator displays?
3. In "Word Processor of the Gods," what do you think about Richard's choice of his brother's family over his own? Is a choice made of faithfulness or greed?
4. 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?
5. In "The Raft," Deke twice stops Randy from attempting to save Rachel. Was this the right thing to do, given the circumstances?
6. In "The Jaunt," Mark's family is destroyed by Mark's own deception. Given the reasons for his deception, do you think he was justified in his actions.
7. In "Paranoid: A Chant," there are several instances in which the narrator is showing how obviously disturbed he is. Give one such example and tell why you think that example fits.
8. 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?
9. "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.
10. What do you think is the importance of Curt's tale of Cain and Abel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The plot is the arrangement of ideas and incidents that make up a story. The plot is important. Choose two stories from "Skeleton Crew," identify the plot, and outline the methods King uses to develop that plot.
Essay Topic 2
An epiphany is a sudden, powerful, and often life changing realization that a character experiences in an otherwise ordinary moment. Can you think of an epiphany in "Word Processor of the Gods"? What is the epiphany? How will it change that character's life?
Essay Topic 3
Irony is the discrepancy between expectation and reality. Outline how the events that take place in "The Jaunt" are an example of irony.
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