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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of person strokes his mustache when the section entitled "December 8-9, 2020" begins?
(a) A delivery driver.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A receptionist.
(d) A garbage collector.

2. In what style did Albie say the family's home had been fashioned when he told Chuck about the cupola for the first time?
(a) Victorian.
(b) Arts and crafts.
(c) Grecian.
(d) Ranch.

3. How old was Chuck when his grandfather Albie died of a heart attack on the front steps of the library?
(a) 15.
(b) 17.
(c) 21.
(d) 24.

4. Who accompanies Holly on her trip back to her hometown in the section called "December 9-13, 2020"?
(a) Jerome.
(b) Pete.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Allie.

5. When Chuck dared himself to climb the stairs to the cupola, what object did he always touch?
(a) The carved initials.
(b) The doorknob.
(c) The padlock.
(d) The dent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object did Albie mention in association with the vision he had of his wife Sarah's death?

2. In what year did Sarah and Albie Krantz move into the home where they later raised Chuck?

3. What tool does Holly use to create a report of her progress for Ralph?

4. What quality does Holly NOT ascribe to Chet Ondowsky when she first sees him on television?

5. In the section entitled "December 19, 2020," Holly is scheduled to receive money from Chet at her place of business at what time of the evening?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the phrase "Twirlers and Spinners" (143) in Act I: I Contain Multitudes of "The Life of Chuck"?

2. How does the reader learn the way in which Chuck incurred the scar on his hand?

3. For what reason did Chuck transition from one home to another at age seven?

4. How did Chuck react to the sight he encountered inside the cupola when he entered it for the first time?

5. What is the significance of the term "orphant" (150) in Act I: I Contain Multitudes in the story entitled "The Life of Chuck"?

6. What sort of coping mechanisms does Holly use to cope with the effects of her past trauma?

7. What kind of person is Holly's mother and how do you know?

8. Why does Holly travel to Portland, Maine in the story "If It Bleeds"?

9. What did Chuck's grandfather Albie tell him during his childhood about why no one ever entered the cupola in the family home?

10. For what reason does King include an allusion to Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" in Act I: I Contain Multitudes of the story "The Life of Chuck"?

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