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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 does Dave offer Johnny in this section?

2. What does Dr. Weizak apologize for?

3. Why do Sarah and Johnny decide against staying in touch?

4. Which President has recently resigned?

5. What is the title of the first part of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Johnny prove his powers to the sheriff?

2. How does the sheriff want Johnny to help him?

3. How does Johnny end up in a coma in this section?

4. How does Johnny help his physiotherapist in this chapter?

5. What advice does Vera give Johnny before she dies?

6. What do Johnny and his parents talk about when he wakes?

7. How does Johnny injure himself in the beginning of the novel?

8. How does Sarah's conservatism affect her relationship with Johnny?

9. What does Dave Jenson offer Johnny in this section?

10. How does Stillson kill the farm's dog?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do the students think of Stephen King's representations in the book? How do the students think he has tried to keep his representations accurate? Do the students think Stephen King can communicate realist representations while still making a novel entertaining and imaginative?

Essay Topic 2

What do Johnny's psychic abilities enable him to do? How can Johnny use his psychic abilities for good? How do the students think another character in the book would have used Johnny's psychic abilities? What do scientists know about psychic abilities?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the structure of the book.

1. How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

2. Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

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