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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. When Hal was a child, what happened to his friends during the time he was in possession of the item his son found in the attic?
(a) They ran away from home.
(b) They tried to steal it and were punished.
(c) Nothing.
(d) They died.

2. How is Jonathan killed?
(a) He is murdered by his mother.
(b) In a hunting accident.
(c) In a drunken driving accident.
(d) In a drowning accident.

3. How many students get together to swim to the raft in the middle of the lake?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

4. How old is Jonathan?
(a) 17.
(b) 23.
(c) 66.
(d) 15.

5. What does Charles encounter in the bathroom?
(a) A beast.
(b) A bear.
(c) A tiger.
(d) A lion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Mark's son done when the attendants put the mask on him?

2. Who takes the gas first in "The Jaunt"?

3. What did Hal think had happened to the item his oldest son has found?

4. What is Charles doing when his teacher comes looking for him?

5. Where is the inventor's splinter displayed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Charles calls the bathroom the basement in "Here There Be Tygers"?

2. What is the purpose of King's use of a "Wouldn't it be funny if . . . ?" beginning to his short stories? What do you think this method adds to or detracts from his stories?

3. What is the significance of the "Execute" button on the word processor, and how does Richard feel when looking at that button for the first time?

4. What do you think Mike Scollay was implying when he told the coronet player that he was going to have to play loud?

5. While Randy is trying to save Deke from being sucked between the cracks in the raft by the black, oil-like creature, what is Randy doing to try and stay sane through the unbelievable situation?

6. In "The Jaunt," Mark's family is destroyed by Mark's own deception. Given the reasons for his deception, do you think he was justified in his actions.

7. What seems to be the catalyst for Curt's break in sanity?

8. What is the basic conflict expressed in "The Monkey"? Is there an implied winner? If so, whom or what?

9. Why do you think King bases his entire introduction on a seemingly mundane conversation with a friend?

10. "The Wedding Gig" is rife with metaphors, figures of speech in which an implied comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something in common. For example, "Love is a rose" is a metaphor. Identify a metaphor from "The Wedding Gig" and identify the two things being compared.

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