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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. What is the gardener's name?

2. What is the gardener studying for?

3. Who visits Johnny's grave at the end of the book?

4. What kind of letters does Johnny write in this section?

5. Who has written the letters printed in part three?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ngo say someone should stop Stillson?

2. What does Johnny write in his letters to his loved ones?

3. Why does Johnny think he is running out of time?

4. How does Johnny prove Chuck has a reading phobia?

5. Why does Johnny think it was fate to have a brain tumor?

6. Why does Ngo compare Stillson to a laughing tiger?

7. How does Stillson ruin his own career?

8. Why does Ngo need to have a knowledge of American politics?

9. Why does Sarah take so long to see Johnny's grave?

10. What does Johnny feel when he shakes Stillson's hand?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How accurate do the students think is Stephen King's representation of 1970s American politics? How does he use the story and character to create his representation?

Essay Topic 2

What are the main turning points of the book? How does King develop his story to get to each turning point? What happens to the story after a major turning point?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Johnny's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Johnny hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Johnny ideas about life?

3. How has Johnny's character changed by the end of the book?

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