The Mist

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. How does Mrs. Carmody finally convince her followers to sacrifice Billy?

A) She hypnotizes them.

B) She persuades them that David and Billy are outsiders who caused the mist.

C) She convinces them sacrifice will protect them from the mist.

D) She proves to them she is a prophet.

2. Why didn’t the two soldiers stay and help fight the monsters in the mist?

A) They had orders to kill themselves rather than be captured and questioned.

B) They were afraid of being blamed for the disaster.

C) They were overcome with guilt for their role in the disaster.

D) They knew what was really happening and that there was no chance of escaping alive.

3. What would be the best way to describe the moral of the Arrowhead disaster?

A) You can’t fool mother nature.

B) Don’t tamper with things you don’t understand.

C) Human lives are dictated by fate.

D) Man cannot survive disconnection with others.

4. What two symbols illustrate the positive and negative sides of technology?

A) The natural storm over the lake versus the disaster at Arrowhead

B) The generator in the storage room versus Norm going out to clear the exhaust vent

C) The automatic doors at the market versus the monsters outside

D) Electricity from the power lines and the generator versus the disaster at Arrowhead

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