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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 kind of letters does Johnny write in this section?

2. What was the name of the child Stillson picked up at the meeting?

3. What kind of car do the Chatsworths own?

4. What city does Johnny drive to in this section?

5. What is Charles Witman's nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Johnny convince himself he is doing the right thing by following Stillson so closely?

2. How does Stillson react when Johnny shoots at him?

3. Why does Johnny think Chuck's father is inadvertently responsible for Chuck's reading phobia?

4. How does Johnny decide to deal Stillson?

5. What does Johnny write in his letters to his loved ones?

6. What image does Stillson project for himself as a politician?

7. Why does Sarah take so long to see Johnny's grave?

8. Why does Chuck need Johnny's help?

9. What does Johnny think would happen if Stillson became president?

10. How does Ngo say someone should stop Stillson?

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

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 3

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?

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