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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. In what year did Sarah and Albie Krantz move into the home where they later raised Chuck?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1993.

2. How many thousands of dollars does Holly demand from Chet during their meeting on December 18?
(a) 100.
(b) 300.
(c) 500.
(d) 250.

3. Which person's future death did Chuck foresee when he entered the cupola?
(a) His own.
(b) His daughter's.
(c) His son's.
(d) His wife's.

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

5. Holly comes to believe by the end of the section called "December 16, 2020" that which character is an Outsider?
(a) Chet.
(b) Jerome.
(c) Pete.
(d) Ralph.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character does Holly nearly call in the section entitled "December 14, 2020"?

2. After Chuck's conversation with his grandmother Sarah about the cupola, he felt what emotion toward the room?

3. What name did Chuck call his grandmother Sarah until he was in third grade?

4. Chuck revealed to his wife before his death that he had incurred the scar on his hand while he was taking what action?

5. In the section of the story "If It Bleeds" entitled "December 9-13," Holly returns to her hometown to help which of her relatives named Henry move into a nursing home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does King juxtapose an everyday setting with a mood befitting a horror story?

2. At what age did Chuck start calling his grandparents Grandma and Grandpa and why?

3. How did Chuck confirm in his own mind that his grandfather Albie's visions of the future were legitimate?

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

5. What did Chuck see when he opened the door to the cupola after his grandfather Albie's funeral?

6. Who is Holly Gibney and what other novel written by Stephen King is referenced as featuring Holly as well?

7. What is the status of the relationship between Holly and Ralph when the events of "If It Bleeds" take place?

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

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

10. Discuss the ultimate fate of the Outsider featured in the story "If It Bleeds."

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