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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. Who climbs to the top of a barn and paints a message to passing motorists just in case anyone comes looking for survivors?
(a) Larry Underwood.
(b) Harold Lauder.
(c) Randall Flagg.
(d) Frannie Goldsmith.

2. Who accompanies the nurses at the Atlanta Plague Center?
(a) Armed guards.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Surgeons.
(d) Dogs.

3. What model of car collides with a gas pump in the opening scene of the novel?
(a) Sedan.
(b) Van.
(c) Chevy.
(d) Coupe.

4. From what Maine town do Frannie and Harold hail?
(a) Bangor.
(b) Orono.
(c) Ogunquit.
(d) Kennebunk.

5. What is Flagg's most popular nickname?
(a) Walkin' Man.
(b) Walkin' Satan.
(c) Walkin' Dude.
(d) Walkin' Demon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Trashcan Man’s real name?

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

3. How long does the second wave of the flu epidemic strike last?

4. Trashcan Man takes the highway east out of town toward what?

5. What does the character who is attached at a bar notice most about one of his attackers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Before being recruited by Flagg, Lloyd Henreid was in prison for what?

2. What is the setting of the opening scene in the book?

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

4. What are Randall Flagg's other names?

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

6. What kind of people are summoned by Randall Flagg?

7. How did Charlie Campion contract the virus?

8. Everyone in Ogunquit was either already sick or had been exposed to sick residents by the time the town council decided to blockade the turnpike. Why did no one realized this at the time?

9. Why did the military creates this highly lethal, highly contagious virus, and deliberately design it to be impossible to vaccinate against?

10. Why did Glen Bateman get out of the city early?

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