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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. What is Henry's original feeling toward Thorpe's Fornits story?
(a) He found it discomfiting.
(b) He found it humorous.
(c) He found it frightening.
(d) He found it ridiculous.

2. What is the name of the fiction editor for Logan's magazine?
(a) Stan.
(b) Henry.
(c) Rex.
(d) George.

3. Where does the narrator meet Nona?
(a) In a truckers' diner.
(b) On a blind date.
(c) In a brothel.
(d) At a party.

4. Why is George summoned from his meeting with Greer?
(a) Another poker game is beginning.
(b) All of the answers are correct.
(c) Henry is waiting at his house.
(d) Davidson has died.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Nona and the narrator heading?

2. What does the milkman discover at the house with the cancellation note?

3. How much time does George spend looking for Henry?

4. What is Thorpe's story about?

5. What does Richard Pine do after he breaks his ankle?

Short Essay Questions

1. "For Owen" seems oddly placed in this collection of stories. Why might King have placed a story about his young son in the midst of more savage and frightening ones?

2. There is a rumor in the family that Gramma did something to Franklin to make him die. Do you think the family is just overreacting to their guilt and loss by blaming it on Gramma?

3. "The Reaper's Image" is perhaps one of the creepiest tales in "Skeleton Crew." What aspect of this story make it particularly appropriate for a King collection?

4. Foreshadowing is when an event early in the story hints at an event to take place later in the story. Find an example of foreshadowing in "The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands." Cite the foreshadowing event and the event it foreshadows.

5. Henry encourages a writer who apparently believes in the whimsical creatures about which he writes. Henry begins the encouragement out of amusement and boredom. Do you think the resulting actions leading to the writer's death were what Henry expected to happen?

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

7. Children are often frightened by elderly relatives. Everything about them seems foreign and frightening. Do you think George's fear of Gramma was instinctual or merely the usual fear a child has of older people?

8. Often, a killer's choice of weapon will say a lot about that person. What do you think Spike's method of operation and choice of weapon say about him?

9. 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?

10. Gramma is fat, flabby, blind, and smells funny. She also often wears a sly, frightening appearance. Do you think she plays up her frightening aspects to keep the family in line?

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