View a FREE sample

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 Roger play in this section?

2. What kind of tests are taken at the town hall where Stillson is giving a speech?

3. Who has written the letters printed in part three?

4. What city does Johnny take a train to?

5. What does Johnny pretend his job is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Chuck need Johnny's help?

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

3. How does Sarah make peace with herself in this section?

4. How does Ngo say someone should stop Stillson?

5. What is Herb's relationship with Charlene?

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

7. What does Johnny feel when he shakes Stillson's hand?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aside from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 682 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample