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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 tell Sheriff Doyle?

2. What does Carrie try on while her mother watches?

3. What can't Sue Snell do?

4. What does Carrie do to Billy's car?

5. What stops Carrie from running home to her mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Billy decide while waiting for the prom queen and king to be announced?

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

4. What does Carrie do after she runs out of the prom?

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

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

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

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

9. What happens when Carrie tries on her dress for the prom?

10. What does Margret tell Carrie about her conception and birth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Carrie is so quick to assume that people are out to get her that she never realizes that the pig blood at the prom wasn't necessarily meant for her. Carrie has been so abused by the people that should have cared for her, or at least looked out for her, that she can't comprehend how to properly act with people in many respects.

1. Do you think Carrie's assumption about the blood was logical? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Given Carrie's home situation explain why you think she had such a difficult time at school with the other students. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. How much of Carrie's paranoia do you think was the result of her mother's influence and how much did she acquire at school? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Chris is angry at being barred from the prom. Carrie is angry because she feels so many of her peers make fun of her. Margret is angry because she didn't kill Carrie as a baby. Anger runs throughout this whole book.

1. Do you think the events would have occurred without anger? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. How do you think Carrie can go about "losing" her anger?

3. Is Carrie's anger justified? Understandable? What can she do to let go of the anger?

4. Can you use your advice about how Carrie can let go of her anger and apply it to any way your own anger is sparked? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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