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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 has Chris arranged?

2. How does Billy think of Chris?

3. What does Carrie state about every woman?

4. How are most of the prom goers killed?

5. When has Margret tried to kill Carrie?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Carrie return to the prom?

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

5. How did Billy Nolan use his friends with his plan for prom night?

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

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

8. What happens when Tommy and Carrie are standing on stage?

9. What does Cora Simard tell the commission?

10. What does Sheriff Doyle say about the night of the prom?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Interesting characters contribute a great deal to the success of most novels. Discuss one of the following using specific examples from the text in your discussion:

1. Carrie is singly the most important and most visible character of all the characters. Discuss her most prominent character strengths and flaws and how they impact the other characters in the novel. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Define the term "character foil" and discuss which characters serve as a "foil" to Carrie's character. How do they do so? Why do they do so? How does having a foil to a character help define and make that character more complex? How does it do so in Carrie's case?

3. Discuss four secondary characters. What are their flaws and strengths? How do they contribute or detract from Carrie's efforts for a normal life? What is Carrie's opinion of each of the four characters? Does she like them? Tolerate them? Admire or despise them? Use specific examples from the text in your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly trace and analyze the theme of redemption in CARRIE. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Thoroughly trace and analyze the theme of relationships in CARRIE. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. Thoroughly trace and analyze the theme of religion in CARRIE. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

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