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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 is the last name of Holly, the protagonist of the story entitled "If It Bleeds"?

2. Which person's future death did Chuck foresee when he entered the cupola?

3. While Holly is watching a show breaking news announces that an explosion has occurred at what type of school in Pineborough, Pennsylvania?

4. 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?

5. How long before Chuck "died of a brain tumor" did he tell "his wife the truth about the scar on the back of his hand" (146)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens in the prologue of the story "If It Bleeds" and how does it set the mood of the story?

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

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

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

7. What is revealed to be the true source of Chuck's crescent-shaped scar?

8. What does King mean when he writes of the cupola, "But fascination is fear's twin brother" (137)?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the messages sent about the theme of appearance versus reality within If It Bleeds.

Essay Topic 2

How is the topic of trust treated within If It Bleeds and how does its treatment relate to the collection's depicted messages?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the theme of the unnatural within If It Bleeds. What is King’s message regarding the unnatural and how do you know?

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