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Chapters 1 – 7

“The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: King, Stephen. The Stand. Doubleday, 1978. The Complete and Uncut Edition.

· Chapter 1 begins on page 18.

· The following evening, in Arnette, Texas, five men are passing the time at the local Texaco station owned by Bill Hapscomb, who is known as “Hap.”

· Bill Hapscomb’s friends are Hank Carmichael, Stu Redmond, Vic Palfrey, Norm Bruett, and Tommy Wannamaker.

· A deadly superflu virus escapes the military complex in town.

· Bill Hapscomb’s and his friends watch in fascination as a late model Chevy winds down the road toward the station at 15 miles an hour before colliding with a gas pump.

· They pull the car’s occupants out, including Charles Campion, his wife and child.

· Stu and the others see that Charles’ dead wife and child both have these like bruises on their swollen necks, which appear to...

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