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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 does Lloyd Henreid use to bang on the bars, hoping for attention?

2. Who is the owner of Kojak?

3. What does Lloyd Henreid believe Randall Flagg to be?

4. Who does Lloyd Henreid see appear at the Phoenix jail?

5. In Chapter 16, Poke and Lloyd rob a what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why exactly is the U.S. government being so obstructive in the face of Armageddon during the plague?

2. The virus killed all its possible hosts well into 99.4%, so how is it still around?

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

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

5. Before being recruited by Flagg, Lloyd Henreid was in prison for what?

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

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

8. 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?

9. Why did the military creates this highly lethal, highly contagious virus, and deliberately design it to be impossible to vaccinate against?

10. How does Dayna think Randall Flagg can see her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Glen Bateman performs a unique function in the story that none of the other characters share. Describe it.

Essay Topic 2

Contrast the government structure of post-plague Las Vegas with that of Boulder. How do the values of the inhabitants of each place differ?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the meaning of the book’s title. Does it refer only to the men from Boulder?

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