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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. Who does Sonny Elliman threaten in Chapter 18?

2. What did Roger once call Stillson?

3. What city does Johnny take a train to?

4. What does the newsflash announce in this section?

5. What do the FBI agents say they know about Stillson?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Johnny think it was fate to have a brain tumor?

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

3. How does Johnny decide to deal Stillson?

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

5. How did Johnny make the kid photographer become famous?

6. Why is New Hampshire perfect for Johnny?

7. Why does Ngo need to have a knowledge of American politics?

8. How does Stillson ruin his own career?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Stephen King say about making the most of your abilities? Do the students agree with his argument? How does he use the main characters to express his view?

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

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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