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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. In Section V, Chapter 20, what does Luke use to dig a hole under the fence?

2. According to Frieda in Section VI, Chapter 18, she will provide truthful information about Luke in exchange for what?

3. As Sigsby and Stackhouse watch security footage in Section V, Chapter 15, what is Avery doing during the conversation with Luke and Maureen?

4. According to Luke in Section V, Chapter 4, what are the children of the Institute?

5. What test in Section V, Chapter 11 nearly kills Luke?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Luke escape from the Institute in Section V, Chapter 20?

2. Describe Luke's journey by train at the end of Section VI. What happens when he jumps off the train?

3. How does Luke dismantle the reasoning behind Smith's use of precognatives in Section IX, Chapter 1?

4. What is the Zero Phone? Why is Mrs. Sigsby afraid of it, as explained in Section VI, Chapter 13?

5. What tragic situation happens in Section V, Chapter 5?

6. According to Smith in Section IX, Chapter 1, how has the Institute been a force for good?

7. What does Avery achieve in Section VII, Chapter 9? How does he achieve this?

8. Describe the death of Avery Dixon in Section VIII, Chapter 25.

9. What happens to the children in Back Half at the end of Section VII?

10. What dream does Kalisha have in Section VIII, Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Luke finds himself involved in several conflicts over the course of the novel. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict, and explain how these conflicts have an impact on the story and the characters involved.

Essay Topic 3

At the beginning of the novel, the narrator states, “Great events turn on small hinges” (9). Explain how this idea is essential to the novel as a whole.

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