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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 chooses a suit for Terry to wear to his arraignment?

2. To which short story featuring a doppelganger does King allude in Chapter 3 of the section entitled Sorry?

3. Who screams out for someone to help Terry as he lies dying on the ground?

4. What is the last name of Frank, the boy whose mutilated body is discovered at the start of the novel?

5. Which character wonders why he had not chosen to take Terry through a back entrance into the courthouse on the day of his arraignment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unusual about the timeline of Terry's arrest that makes Ralph uncomfortable?

2. Who are Howie and Alec and in what way are they associated with one another?

3. What is the most damning piece of eyewitness evidence against Terry?

4. Describe the technique of foreshadowing King chooses to include in the final lines of The Arrest.

5. How many policemen are present at the scene outside the courthouse on the day of Terry's arraignment?

6. Who shoots Terry and why?

7. Discuss two clues that point toward the presence of a doppelganger within the investigation of Frank's murder?

8. For what reason does Terry refuse to wear a bulletproof vest on the day of his arraignment?

9. What is the significance of the part title Sorry?

10. What are Terry's final words and what is their significance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the interplay between the resolution of The Outsider and one of the novel's main messages. How does King make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within King’s novel The Outsider. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Determine King’s message within the novel The Outsider regarding the idea that not every event in the world can be explained in logical terms.

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