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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. In what state was the door to the cupola throughout Chuck's childhood?

2. Chuck found out from a neighbor that Henry Peterson had been affiliated with his father in what way?

3. How many miles away did Chuck's immediate family live from the home of his grandparents, Albie and Sarah?

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

5. Jerome Robinson works part-time for Holly while he pursues which other endeavor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What ultimate message is King sending about the nature and value of compassion?

Essay Topic 2

Choose an object from If It Bleeds, such as the crescent-shaped scar on Chuck’s hand or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.

Essay Topic 3

How is the theme of hypocrisy treated within King’s text and with which of the collection’s stories does the theme most closely connect?

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