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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. Who has recurring nightmares in which the dark man offers him healing and worldly wealth if he follows him?

2. When Larry leaves California, where does he end up going?

3. Who does Larry Underwood find in his home feverish and delirious?

4. The top half of the Vermont facility is clear glass reinforced with what?

5. Which character is the first to realize he or she has immunity to the superflu?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Charlie Campion contract the virus?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Even if only 0.6% of the population are immune, should there have been more survivors from Arnette?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think The Stand could be viewed as an allegory, or a warning, of anything else that might cause society to collapse?

Essay Topic 2

Animals serve as helpers to both factions. Give examples of who they are and how they intervene in human affairs.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze how the author develops and strengthens the theme of good versus evil through the plot and characters.

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