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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. How does Carrie feel when her date arrives?

2. What does Carrie do when people around her start burning?

3. What does Cora learn when she gets to the high school?

4. For whom is Carrie waiting?

5. What does Carrie do when she sees people as she is walking?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Margret think she should have done with Carrie and what does she plan to do now?

2. How is Carrie feeling about being at the prom?

3. How does Carrie feel while she is waiting for Tommy to pick her up for the prom? What does he tell her?

4. What does Carrie do to the building where the prom is being held?

5. Why does Carrie return to the prom?

6. What does Carrie do to the gas stations she passes?

7. What happens with Carrie immediately after the prank by Billy and Chris?

8. What occurs between Sue and Carrie as Carrie is dying?

9. What is Margret doing while Carrie is at the prom?

10. What does Carrie admit to her mother and what happens with the two of them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Stephen King.

2. What in King's background may have helped King in writing CARRIE? What may have influenced the way he depicts various characters and scenes?

3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following to discuss. Be sure to include specific examples to illustrate the theme you are discussing. How do specific characters help illustrate the theme? Would this novel be different without the theme? How? Is the theme one that could be considered universal? Why or why not :

1. Trace and analyze the theme of violence in CARRIE. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Trace and analyze the theme of abuse in CARRIE. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. Trace and analyze the theme of revenge in CARRIE. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

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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