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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nurse Patty Greer begins to sneeze repeatedly but dismisses the symptoms for what?
(a) Looking at the bright light.
(b) Allergies.
(c) The common cold.
(d) She just smelled pepper.

2. What is Trashcan Man’s real name?
(a) Donald Merwin Elbert.
(b) Tom Cullen.
(c) The Kid.
(d) Vincent Trottier.

3. Stu fears that Elder, one of the remaining doctors, has received orders to what?
(a) To kill him.
(b) To give him a ride to New York.
(c) To give him a shot.
(d) To send him away.

4. What object does Larry's one night stand throw at him?
(a) A rock.
(b) A spatula.
(c) A ring.
(d) A shoe.

5. How does Frannie's father, Peter Goldsmith, die?
(a) Superflu.
(b) Automobile Accident.
(c) Drowned.
(d) Suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of shoes does Randall Flagg wear as he walks South on US 51?

2. Who dies at the Texaco gas station in the opening scene of the novel?

3. How many thieves attack one character at the bar?

4. How much money in royalties does Larry Underwood have in his savings account?

5. Stu Redman wrestles what out of the hands of the doctor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Randall Flagg order everybody on his "side" into the city?

2. What does Randall Flagg intend to do with his powers?

3. How did the virus even get to the whole facility?

4. How does Dayna think Randall Flagg can see her?

5. What happened to the doctor in the jail with Nick Andros?

6. Why does King introduce readers to so many different characters early on?

7. What do you think of the government's response to this crisis in this novel so far?

8. What exactly happened when Las Vegas was blown up? Was it a direct act of God?

9. How did Charlie Campion contract the virus?

10. What was the point of discovering Joe/Leo Rockway's telepathic abilities?

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