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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 ages Herb more than Johnny's accident?

2. Who does Johnny visualize as a boy?

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

4. What does Greg Stillson sell?

5. Whose voice does Johnny keep hearing in this section?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Johnny convince the reporter his powers are for real?

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

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

4. How does Johnny prove that Dodd was the killer?

5. How does religion help Vera understand her son's accident?

6. How do Johnny friends convince him to help the sheriff?

7. Why does Johnny decide against helping the sheriff?

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

9. Why does Johnny refuse the journalistic position at Inside View?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In 1983, THE DEAD ZONE was released as a film starring Christopher Walken and Tom Skerritt. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book are still relevant years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new media? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the construction of King's argument.

1. How does he introduce his ideas?

2. How does he construct his ideas to come to logical conclusion?

3. What weaknesses and strengths can you identify in King's argument?

Essay Topic 3

Why do the students think Greg makes such a successful politician? What does it say about how King views politics that someone Greg could get so far in politics? What does the character of Greg express about American politics in the 70s?

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