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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 does Billings discover in the end of The Boogeyman?
(a) That the nurse is the boogeyman.
(b) That he himself is the boogeyman.
(c) That the psychiatrist is the boogeyman.
(d) That it was all a dream.

2. After several men get bitten by rats, what does the supervisor get for the men to use?
(a) Heavy rubberized suits.
(b) Large, blinding flashlights.
(c) An exterminator.
(d) Heavy rubberized gloves.

3. What does Norman learn happened to the boys who killed his brother?
(a) They killed each other.
(b) They died in a car accident.
(c) They committed suicide.
(d) They became ghosts.

4. What accident leads Hunton and Jackson to further investigate the matter behind the mangler?
(a) When Mrs. Frawley is killed.
(b) When a little boy is found dead inside a refrigerator.
(c) When Sherry cuts her finger on the machine.
(d) When a man gets his arm ripped off by the mangler even after all of the fuses are pulled.

5. What does Artie believe he did that he tells Richard?
(a) Kill his partner.
(b) Kill a boy.
(c) Eat a boy.
(d) Kill Richard's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richie drink that starts to change him?

2. What is Artie's initial fear after realizing what is happening to him?

3. How does Calvin die?

4. What is the first indication that something happened to Artie's hands?

5. What do the soldiers have that Renshaw does not know about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sort of tone does Lester have when he is telling his story and what might the reader initially think about him?

2. How is the reader led to believe that Charles Boone may be an unreliable narrator?

3. What are Norman's dreams about?

4. What do the people inside the diner do in attempts to prepare for long term survival and what happens to them?

5. Describe Bernie and Susie's relationship.

6. What questions are the readers left wondering at the end along with Norman in Sometimes They Come Back?

7. What is the basic premise of Trucks?

8. How is the theme of revenge expressed in Sometimes They Come Back?

9. How does the story seem impossible and what is Renshaw's reaction to the attacks?

10. What is the great irony in Jerusalem's Lot?

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