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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. What does Randall Flagg give Lloyd Henreid after he becomes his right hand man?
(a) Black boots.
(b) A car.
(c) A pendant.
(d) Money.

2. Who dies at the Texaco gas station in the opening scene of the novel?
(a) Stu Redman.
(b) The Trashcan Man.
(c) The Rat Man.
(d) Charles Campion.

3. What does Lloyd Henreid use to bang on the bars, hoping for attention?
(a) He yells.
(b) Palm of his hands.
(c) A rock.
(d) The leg of his cot.

4. Who does Joe Bob Brentwood stop on the highway speeding and pass the disease to?
(a) Larry Underwood.
(b) Nick Andros.
(c) Harry Trent.
(d) A thief.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nick Andros take with him to go see Mother Abigail?

2. Who does Larry Underwood meet at the New York City Zoo?

3. How does Frannie's father, Peter Goldsmith, die?

4. What is Bill Hapsomb’s nickname?

5. What city does Starkey learn of a new outbreak in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does the disease have the nickname 'Captain Trips'?

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

5. What purpose does Chapter 8 serve the overall novel?

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

7. What was the border patrol's duty in the city?

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

9. Why exactly is the U.S. government being so obstructive in the face of Armageddon during the plague?

10. The virus killed all its possible hosts well into 99.4%, so how is it still around?

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