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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 Chapter 2, how does Ellie cut her knee?

2. Which Indian territory does Louis enter?

3. What happened to Jud's dog that he buried in the cemetery?

4. Who tells Louis in Chapter 22 that a man grows what he can then tends it?

5. Who told Jud about the second burial ground?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the university medical center transport Pascow to the local hospital?

2. What does Jud say the community believed about the Wendigo and what is his own belief?

3. What does Louis notice about the family pet after getting it neutered? What do the other family members notice?

4. Why does Louis try to quickly clean up any animals that Church kills?

5. What happens as the family stares at their new home for the first time?

6. What grudge does Louis hold against his father-in-law and why doesn't the man like Louis?

7. What is Louis's reaction when the dead man shows up in his bedroom doorway?

8. Why is Louis reluctant to take Jud up on his offer of a late-night beer?

9. Who told Jud about the Indian burial ground and why?

10. How does Louis feel as he crosses into the Indian territory with Jud?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the protagonist and antagonist in this story. In what ways are the two characters similar? What are their differences? What is the relationship of the protagonist and antagonist in Pet Sematary? How might the story have differed if another character was antagonist (select a character and write about the difference you would expect)?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss foreshadowing and its importance in writing mystery or suspense novels. Select five memorable instances of foreshadowing from the story and write about them in detail. Why did those five instances stay on your mind?

Essay Topic 3

In Pet Sematary, forces of both good and evil draw from an all-knowing, or omniscient, spiritual plane. Give examples of the good and evil from the spiritual plane.

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