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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 is Cathy's?

2. What kind of group has Stillson hired as his bodyguards?

3. Who knocks Johnny out in this section?

4. Where does Johnny work when he is not teaching?

5. What does Ngo say must always be killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ngo compare Stillson to a laughing tiger?

2. What advice does Ngo give Johnny in this section?

3. What does Johnny visualize as he waits to kill Stillson?

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

5. How does Johnny prove Chuck has a reading phobia?

6. How does the steakhouse owner react to Johnny's information about the fire?

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

8. How does Johnny decide to deal Stillson?

9. Why is New Hampshire perfect for Johnny?

10. Why does Johnny think he is running out of time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Johnny's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Johnny hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Johnny ideas about life?

3. How has Johnny's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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