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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. How many people are celebrating in "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet"?
(a) Eight.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Sixteen.

2. Why does Quentin think Uncle Otto is hallucinating about McCutchson's truck?
(a) Because Otto is going mad.
(b) Because Quentin thinks Otto killed McCutchson with the truck.
(c) Because Otto has intense guilt about his partner's demise.
(d) Because Otto thinks McCutchson is haunting him.

3. What is the name of the looking glass?
(a) Mirabella's Looking Glass.
(b) The English Bauble.
(c) DeIvers Looking Glass.
(d) Dante's Looking Glass.

4. What does Quentin see when he enters Uncle Otto's house after buying groceries for him?
(a) Uncle Otto has gone mad.
(b) Uncle Otto is dead, full of oil, and a spark plug is in his throat.
(c) He sees the spirit of McCutchson killing Uncle Otto.
(d) He sees the truck in Uncle Otto's room.

5. How many acres was the land Uncle Otto intended to purchase?
(a) 18000.
(b) 50.
(c) 220.
(d) 4000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shapiro gets the sense that the sands have what?

2. What is the name of the fiction editor for Logan's magazine?

3. What does Nona turn into?

4. Where does Nona take the narrator?

5. Who follows Rocky and Leo as they leave the garage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think the story "For Owen" is about?

2. Reg likely suffers from a serious mental illness, yet Henry continues to encourage Reg's fantasies. What do you think was Henry's motivating factor?

3. Uncle Otto's business partner, George, was killed in an accident involving Otto's truck. Most people believe that Otto killed George over a business disagreement. Given the circumstances of the ending, do you think it was Uncle Otto or Uncle Otto's truck that killed George and why?

4. Richard Pine is a man who has made his fortune as a surgeon with his hands, but the rest of his life has been shady and complicated. However, through it all, he protected his hands. How do you think he felt when his hands were the only things he had left, and he was faced with eating those for survival?

5. What type of irony can be found within "Survivor Type"? Be sure to use examples from the text to support your theory.

6. What is the significance of the opening in "The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands"?

7. Compare Henry and Reg and how their relationship affected them both.

8. The milkman in King's short stories is certainly not your ordinary milkman. He spreads death rather than cheer with wholesome milk. What about Spike makes his methods that much more unusual?

9. In "Nona," an innocent and once-upstanding man falls prey to the wiles of a sadistic, evil woman. Giving in to his "darker" side, he performs obscene, despicable acts at the whim of Nona. What do you think King is trying to say with this short story?

10. Rocky seems to be a bit of an intimidator himself. Though it is long past closing time, he coerces his friend into giving his car an inspection sticker. What do you think this says about Rocky?

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