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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. What does Sue Snell suddenly realize?

2. What does Chris think is possible on prom night?

3. Who is going to get an awful surprise at the prom?

4. When Carrie's mother screams and tears out her flesh, what happens?

5. What does Carrie lift that crashes down immediately?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Carrie think about Tommy's request?

2. What does Carrie do to a small boy while walking home and what does she discover about herself?

3. Where does Sue Snell run into Chris Hargensen and what happens during their encounter?

4. What does Sue think is Chris' main goal about the prom?

5. How does Carrie respond to the girls in gym class?

6. Why would Margret White yell at the neighbors and what did one do to taunt her?

7. What does Sue decide will make things right with Carrie?

8. How does Sue feel about what she told Chris?

9. Where does the gym teacher take Carrie and what is done with her that day?

10. What happens at school in gym class when Carrie is seventeen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters in CARRIE are a mixture of complex (or three dimensional) and flat (or stereotypes) Choose one of the following questions and write a well-developed, cohesive essay using examples from the text and your research or personal experience:

1. Write an in-depth character analysis of CARRIE. Include a physical description, personality traits, and what beliefs motivate her. Is this character round or flat? What do you like and dislike about this character? Why? Give specific examples.

2. Write an in-depth character analysis of Sue Snell. Include a physical description, personality traits, and what beliefs motivate him. Is this character round or flat? What do you like and dislike about this character? Why? Give specific examples.

3. Choose three other characters besides Carrie and Sue Snell and write about them in relationship to both Carrie and Sue Snell. Are they friendly or hostile to either main character? Explain with examples. What is their purpose(s) in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Carrie has killed almost an entire town for revenge.

1. How would you define revenge? How often do you think people are motivated by the desire for revenge? What do you think is the effect of holding such a desire for a long time without fulfillment?

2. Explain why Chris wants revenge and on whom. Do you think she is justified in seeking revenge? Is the taking of revenge ever justified? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. Explain why Carrie wants revenge and on whom. Do you think she is justified in seeking revenge? Is the taking of revenge ever justified? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Often small actions, illegal, immoral or even moral can have serious repercussions.

1. Discuss how small illegal and/or immoral actions lead to serious consequences in the novel. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Do you think after reading this book that schools should do more about peers bullying particular students who don't seem to fit into the social structure? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. Do you believe this book reflects "real" life in that sometimes a small action such as embarrassing a teenager or dropping pig's blood on two students, can lead to greater consequences? Discuss with examples.

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