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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. Who invites Frannie Goldsmith to live with her while she is pregnant?
(a) Her friend, Debbie.
(b) Her boyfriend, Peter.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

2. Stu Redman wrestles what out of the hands of the doctor?
(a) A pen.
(b) A gun.
(c) Scissors.
(d) A stethoscope.

3. What town in Texas does the book open in?
(a) Arlington.
(b) Admore.
(c) Arquette.
(d) Arnette.

4. Who does Joe Bob Brentwood stop on the highway speeding and pass the disease to?
(a) A thief.
(b) Nick Andros.
(c) Larry Underwood.
(d) Harry Trent.

5. Who climbs to the top of a barn and paints a message to passing motorists just in case anyone comes looking for survivors?
(a) Larry Underwood.
(b) Frannie Goldsmith.
(c) Randall Flagg.
(d) Harold Lauder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mother Abigail live?

2. Who has recurring nightmares in which the dark man offers him healing and worldly wealth if he follows him?

3. Who owns the local Texaco station in the opening scene of the book?

4. In Chapter 40, readers learn Stu's job before the plague, which is what?

5. Who is the father of Frannie's baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think of the government's response to this crisis in this novel so far?

2. What was the border patrol's duty in the city?

3. Why does Flagg have an alias with the surname "Freemantle" and no one notes that?

4. Why does the disease have the nickname 'Captain Trips'?

5. What are Randall Flagg's other names?

6. What exactly happened when Las Vegas was blown up? Was it a direct act of God?

7. Why does King introduce readers to so many different characters early on?

8. What made the clock turn red at the tower control room?

9. Everyone in Ogunquit was either already sick or had been exposed to sick residents by the time the town council decided to blockade the turnpike. Why did no one realized this at the time?

10. What kind of people are summoned by Randall Flagg?

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