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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. Curt has a poster of whom on his wall?

2. To what location do David, Billy, and the neighbor travel after the fog rolls in?

3. Who is the Greek?

4. How is the relationship between Seth and Richard?

5. What happens when Mike runs out to confront the Greek?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think King bases his entire introduction on a seemingly mundane conversation with a friend?

2. 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?

3. Stephen King is apparently trying to make his reader think when reading "The Jaunt." Do you think King wrote this story with that challenge in mind, or do you think he wrote it for pure entertainment?

4. "Word Processor of the Gods" could fit into several different genres. Which genre do you think it fits into best and why?

5. In "The Mist," what do you think is the underlying message the story conveys to the reader? Cite examples from the story.

6. The narrator seems to follow a theme throughout the story. What is the main theme the narrator displays?

7. 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.

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 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 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?

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

Setting is often a major contributing factor to the mood of a story or novel. However, many of King's stories in this book do not stress setting as much as character. Are there any stories in which the setting is an important factor to the mood? If so, which ones and why? How does King use his characters rather than the setting to set the mood in his stories?

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