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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. In what month does "The Raft" take place?
(a) July.
(b) August.
(c) October.
(d) September.

2. How much does Mike Scollay offer to pay the band?
(a) $200.
(b) $250.
(c) $50.
(d) $100.

3. What happens when Richard hits the "delete" key?
(a) The screen goes blank.
(b) A picture of his wife disappears.
(c) He hears a scream from the kitchen.
(d) Nothing.

4. What does the narrator of "Paranoid: A Chant" do to avoid cameras?
(a) Pack himself in ice.
(b) Wrap himself in tinfoil.
(c) Paint all of his windows red.
(d) Paint all of his windows black.

5. What are the names of Mark's children?
(a) Ricky and Patty.
(b) Don and Brandon.
(c) Lisa and Patty.
(d) Ricky and James.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Deke spot on the surface of the lake?

2. Where is the setting of "The Raft"?

3. How does Randy revive LaVerne?

4. What is the name of the boy sent to retrieve Charles in "Here There Be Tygers"?

5. What is different about Ophelia every time she returns from one of her trips?

Short Essay Questions

1. What significance does the word processor hold for Richard after Jon's death?

2. In "Word Processor of the Gods," what do you think about Richard's choice of his brother's family over his own? Is a choice made of faithfulness or greed?

3. What is the implied source of the infestation in "The Mist"? How does he make this implication? What do you think King is trying to say with this implication?

4. "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.

5. In what format is "Paranoid: A Chant" written, and what significance does it lend to the story?

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. In "Paranoid: A Chant," there are several instances in which the narrator is showing how obviously disturbed he is. Give one such example and tell why you think that example fits.

9. Stephen King is apparently trying to make his reader think when reading "The Jaunt." Do you think King wrote this story with that challenge in mind, or do you think he wrote it for pure entertainment?

10. What do you think is the importance of Curt's tale of Cain and Abel?

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