Just After Sunset

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1. According to the Introduction, what got Stephen King back into the groove of writing short stories again? He found a unfinished short story of his from years back and tried to finish it He was under contract to churn out a book of them before 2006 His wife begged him to He became editor of Best American Short Stories in 2006

2. "Willa": When David Sanderson encounters the wolf out on the deserted road to town, why was the wolf so frightened of David? David was possessed David tried to touch it David had a gun David was a ghost

3. "The Gingerbread Girl": What does Emily Owensby find in the trunk of Jim Pickering's Mercedes? a dead woman stacks and stacks of hundred dollar bills a tied and gagged dog a severed foot

4. "Harvey's Dream": Basically, what does Harvey Stevens dream? That he murders a stranger That this is the day he dies That one of his daughters is dead That his wife dies in her sleep in two days

5. "Rest Stop": What was John Dykstra's occupation? English professor/writer Family therapist Construction worker Electrician

6. "Stationary Bike": What does Richard Sifkitz do to break the monotony of riding the stationary bike? Brings in a TV Paints a mural on the wall Buys a stereo system Bribes a neighbor boy to visit with him

7. "The Things They Left Behind": Scott Staley could not get rid of items left behind by dead people until he had delivered them to the right people. How had all the dead people died? Space shuttle Challenger explosion Titanic disaster September 11th (Twin Towers) Hindenburg airship explosion

8. "Graduation Afternoon": What happens on Bruce Hope's graduation afternoon? A nuclear bomb hit New York City A mustard gas attack on Chicago A tsunami hits Miami Beach A terrorist attack on Los Angeles

9. "N.": How many rocks were necessary to keep CTHUN from entering our world? 2 8 4 6

10. "The Cat From Hell": What did Drogan want Halston to do with the cat? Kill it Keep it Bring it to the pound Drop it off in the country

11. "The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates": How does James, who has recently died, contact Anna? by phone by email by Instant Message through a psychic

12. "Mute": What was supposedly wrong with the hitchhiker that Monette picked up? blind missing an arm deaf and mute missing a leg

13. "Ayana": What was the main character's father dying of at the beginning of the story? Lung cancer Multiple myeloma Chronic lymphocytic leukemia Pancreatic cancer

14. "A Very Tight Place": What was the first lawsuit between Curtis Johnson and Tim Grunwald over? Grunwald's encroachment on Johnson's land right-of-way on the beach stock options the best lot on Turtle Island

15. According to the Sunset Notes, what is the one short story in this collection that actually had been written long ago by King? Harvey's Dream The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates N. The Cat From Hell