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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 game do Johnny and his friends play on the ice?

2. Who visits Johnny at the beginning of Chapter 15?

3. Who visits Johnny ten days after his operation?

4. Who does Frank live with?

5. What kind of life does Johnny say he wants?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Johnny need surgery at the beginning of Chapter 9?

2. Describe Frak Dodd's home life.

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

4. What decision do Sarah and Johnny make about their relationship in this section?

5. What does Johnny visualize about Dr. Weizak's life?

6. What does Johnny visualize at the murder scene?

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

8. How did the serial killer's childhood scar his life?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these 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 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?

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