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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 does "strawberry spring" refer to?

2. What causes the narrator of Strawberry Spring to flashback?

3. What does Johnny give his mother?

4. What year is The Man Who Loved Flowers set in?

5. What is the consequence of Morrison cheating his first time on the program to quit smoking?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Harold horrified to learn about the man he hired to mow his lawn in The Lawnmower Man?

2. What does "strawberry spring" refer to?

3. What has ironically turned into a source of danger in One for the Road and how?

4. Why does Harold stop mowing his lawn and what causes him to hire someone to mow it again later in The Lawnmower Man?

5. What do we learn of Katrina's fate in The Last Rung on the Ladder?

6. Briefly describe Elizabeth's character in I Know What You Need.

7. What decision does Johnny struggle with in The Woman in the Room?

8. What do people think about the young man in The Man Who Loved Flowers and is their assumption correct?

9. How can The Woman in the Room still be considered a horror story though it is not the traditional kind?

10. What convinces Morrison to quit smoking?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Edgar Allen Poe is considered to be the American writer who invented horror. Many of King's tales have similar traits to Poe's, such as the use of an unreliable narrator to tell a story (The Tell-Tale Heart, Poe) or ending the story so that the reader is left assuming the worst. Research both Poe and King and compare and contrast them as authors. Was King influenced by Poe? What commonalities are there between their tales?

Essay Topic 2

Many of the stories focus on a particular setting. which is important in moving the plot forward. Discuss how King effectively uses setting as a tool of writing, while including specific examples from the book as support.

Essay Topic 3

Supernatural elements are sometimes common in horror tales. Which stories in Night Shift have supernatural elements and how do they contribute to the plot? Compare and contrast the stories, analyzing each one in relation to supernatural elements.

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