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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 prompts Homer's story on this day?
2. In "Here There Be Tygers," what does Charles call the bathroom that leads him to be corrected by his teacher?
3. What point does Curt's story contain?
4. Who is the inventor of the jaunt?
5. Who is Maureen?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why do you think Charles calls the bathroom the basement in "Here There Be Tygers"?
3. In "The Mist," what do you think is the underlying message the story conveys to the reader? Cite examples from the story.
4. What do you think Mike Scollay was implying when he told the coronet player that he was going to have to play loud?
5. What significance does the word processor hold for Richard after Jon's death?
6. 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.
7. The narrator seems to follow a theme throughout the story. What is the main theme the narrator displays?
8. What do you think is the importance of Curt's tale of Cain and Abel?
9. 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?
10. Homer compares Mrs. Todd to several goddesses. What is the purpose of this comparison?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"Nona" is a story about a man who seems to be under the influence of an odd woman named Nona. Under her influence, he commits murder like he's been doing it all of his life. At the end of the story, Nona turns into a rat and the narrator leaves a suicide note. What do you think King's plot is in this story? Following the winding, sometimes foggy, storyline is at times difficult. What do you think the point of the story is, and what is the point of the narrator's suicide?
Essay Topic 2
The general atmosphere created in a story is often referred to as "tone." Identify the tone of the following short stories and describe how it adds or detracts from the story itself:
1. "The Mist"
2. "The Reaper's Image"
3. "For Owen"
4. Either of the "Milkman" stories
5. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut"
Essay Topic 3
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?
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