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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. Who does Johnny ask if the old man would have killed without a second thought?

2. Where Johnny does think nuclear war will start?

3. Who told Greg not to run away from his duty?

4. What kind of group has Stillson hired as his bodyguards?

5. What does Dr. Weizak say he is concerned about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ngo say someone should stop Stillson?

2. How did Johnny make the kid photographer become famous?

3. Why does Johnny think Chuck's father is inadvertently responsible for Chuck's reading phobia?

4. How does the steakhouse owner react to Johnny's information about the fire?

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

6. How does Sarah make peace with herself in this section?

7. Why is the FBI suspicious of Stillson?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following real people mentioned in the book and discuss how King represents them in THE DEAD ZONE and why he represents that person in that manner. Are there people who would argue against King's representation of that person's life?

1. Richard Nixon.

2. Jimmy Carter.

3. Ronald Reagan.

Essay Topic 3

In 1983, THE DEAD ZONE was released as a film starring Christopher Walken and Tom Skerritt. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book are still relevant years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new media? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

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