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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 does Ralph ask Johnny?

2. Who taps the doctor on the shoulder?

3. What does Jim do after he kills Collie?

4. What is the thundercloud that Cynthia sees in the shaped like?

5. What does the group take from the greenbelt, back to the house with them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What would happen to Tak if Seth were to leave his body?

2. What does Cammie tell her boys before they leave?

3. What does Peter look like as he is described sitting in front of the television at the Wyler home?

4. What surprises Tak the most about the way things turn out?

5. According to the scene from the movie, what is the purpose of the Regulators?

6. What is the significance of the mother and son ghosts seen in the folly at Mohonk Mountain?

7. How does Johnny realize that Seth has some connection to what is going on with the people of Poplar Street?

8. How does Seth play with his power wagons?

9. What does Seth do while Tak is watching "The Regulators"?

10. Describe Audrey's phone call in Chapter 9.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why the animals, plants and other things that the survivors come across look like replications of these things as a child might have created them.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the way King uses nature and the scenery in his story.

Essay Topic 3

What is Steve's role in the novel?

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