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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. Who writes Johnny a card in Chapter 13?

2. Why does Vera think Johnny will live?

3. What kind of business is Greg Stillson running in 1971?

4. What is the physiotherapist's name?

5. What does Sarah think she has lost?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Dr. Weizak decide against visiting his mother?

3. How does the reporter revenge Johnny for throwing him out of his house?

4. What does Johnny visualize at the murder scene?

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

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

7. Why is Johnny apprehensive of Bright?

8. How does Stillson convince the boy to behave?

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

10. How has Stillson's life changed in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What are the main turning points of the book? How does King develop his story to get to each turning point? What happens to the story after a major turning point?

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