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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. At what is Chris's dad not successful?

2. What does Carrie say she does not like?

3. What does Chris Hargensen tell her friend?

4. Why does Sue tell Chris that she accepted her punishment?

5. When does Carrie's father die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Margret do when Carrie tells her she is going to the prom even though her mother had said no?

2. What happens in August, 1966, at the home of Margret White? Who does Margret live with? How does she treat that person?

3. How does Carrie practice her ability?

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

5. What does Chris do when she leaves the prom decorating party?

6. What does Sue Snell realize when the gym teacher comes in? What does the teacher do?

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

8. What does Billy Nolan do to prepare for prom night?

9. What is thought to be the connection between Carrie's ability and her menstrual cycle?

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

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

Change is inevitable, growth is optional. The change in the characters in this book are drastic from the status quo at the beginning of the book to the end.

1. What are some of the ways in which Carrie changed during the course of this book? Did she grow from the change? What did she learn from it? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. What are some of the changes that occurred in Sue Snell in the course of the story? How did she grow from the circumstances? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. Choose two characters in the book and compare and contrast the change in them through the course of the story and how they did or did not grow.

Essay Topic 3

One of the themes in this novel is about justice. Discuss the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of justice throughout the novel. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Carrie thinks she is obtaining justice by killing off the students at the prom. Was she wrong or correct? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. By the end of the novel, has justice been meted out to the guilty parties? Why or why not. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

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