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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 Greg sell as well as his Bibles?

2. What does Johnny read about in the newspaper?

3. What does Johnny say Dr. Weizak's mother suffers from?

4. Where are Sarah and Johnny celebrating Halloween?

5. What case do the police want Johnny to help them with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Stillson's job in this section?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Johnny decide against helping the sheriff?

8. Why does Vera decide to stop her medication?

9. How do Herb and Vera react to hearing Johnny has suffered a terrible accident?

10. Why is Johnny apprehensive of Bright?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of King's previous books and contrast it with THE DEAD ZONE in terms of the following;

1. Style.

2. Structure.

3. Themes.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

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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