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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 the name of the team that abducts Luke in Section II, Chapter 6?
2. To where are the Bilson twins running away in Section I, Chapter 12?
3. On what street does Luke live, as the reader learns in Section II, Chapter 6?
4. What is the name of DuPray's town barber?
5. What kind of psychic power does Kalisha have, as revealed in Section II, Chapter 9?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Luke able to make full use of his computer Section IV, Chapter 3? What does he access?
2. What does Mr. Greer tell Luke's parents in Section II, Chapter 1?
3. What information does Avery have in Section IV, Chapter 11? How does he come by this knowledge?
4. What does Luke think is odd about the Institute's tests, as explained in Section IV, Chapter 27?
5. What people does Luke meet at the beginning of Section III? What is each like?
6. How is Luke demeaned in Section IV, Chapter 8? Why, according to Luke is this done?
7. What happens when Luke is given an injection in Section IV, Chapter 13?
8. Which individual does Luke meet in Section IV, Chapter 23? What does this person say to him?
9. What does the reader learn about Maureen in Section III, Chapter 3?
10. Explain the circumstances that led to Tim resigning from the police force, as he explains in Section I, Chapter 6.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the importance of the town of DuPray to the novel. How does this small community influence the novel’s plot, characters, and themes?
Essay Topic 2
Stephen King, the author of the novel, once wrote, “It's better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost.” Explain how the novel illustrates this idea.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Mrs. Sigsby’s contradictory characteristics. In what ways is she a good person? In what ways is she a bad one?
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