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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. In what year is "The Wedding Gig" set?
2. What does the narrator believe in "Paranoid: A Chant"?
3. How does Hal's youngest son feel about his older brother's discovery?
4. What is Mrs. Carmody rumored to be?
5. How does Randy revive LaVerne?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Here There Be Tygers", Charles returns to his classroom casually after the deaths of his teacher and classmate. What do you think this implies about what Charles has just experienced?
2. In "The Mist," what do you think is the underlying message the story conveys to the reader? Cite examples from the story.
3. Homer compares Mrs. Todd to several goddesses. What is the purpose of this comparison?
4. What do you think is the importance of Curt's tale of Cain and Abel?
5. What significance does the word processor hold for Richard after Jon's death?
6. 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?
7. What do you think Mike Scollay was implying when he told the coronet player that he was going to have to play loud?
8. In "The Monkey," what does the stuffed creature represent to Hal? What fears does it reawaken within him?
9. 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?
10. What seems to be the catalyst for Curt's break in sanity?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Personification is the use of human characteristics to describe animals, things, or ideas. King uses this in several of his stories. What are some examples and how do they fall under the heading of "personification"? How does personification add to a story?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
The horror genre is one of the most uncomplicated forms of entertainment and is characterized by the author's effort to produce fear in the reader through the use of antagonists such as monsters, ghosts, or even feral animals. The basic concept is the same: the hero must fight against horrific forces for his life and often his soul. Choose one of the stories in "Skeleton Crew" and explain how it fits into the horror genre and how it follows the horror genre formula.
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