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the four novellas in this collection are "The Langoliers", "Secret Window, Secret Garden", "The Library Policeman" and "The Sun Dog".
3 quizzes and 30 trivia questions.
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  The Time Traveling "Langoliers" !    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
My other Stephen King quiz seems to be fairly popular so I thought I would do another one. This is a short quiz on "The Langoliers." One of King's best!
Average, 10 Qns, corne006, Jul 20 07
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  Stephen King's "The Sun Dog"    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A great story by the master of horror. Some questions are about connections to other Stephen King works. Have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, Erpistria, Jun 10 06
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  Four Past Midnight    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There are several questions on each story. So I hope you were paying attention when you read them.
Tough, 10 Qns, Holly15, Sep 07 08
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trivia question Quick Question
What did Pop buy in the drugstore?

From Quiz "Stephen King's "The Sun Dog""





Four Past Midnight Trivia Questions
1. The "Sun Dog" is a novella contained in a famous Stephen King collection. Which one?

From Quiz Stephen King's "The Sun Dog"

Answer: Four Past Midnight

"Four Past Midnight" is a collection of 4 great novellas. It was published in 1990. The "Sun Dog" is the last one.

2. In 'The Langoliers' what is left in the cockpit after 'The Event' happens?

From Quiz Four Past Midnight

Answer: A half-empty cup of coffee and pastry danish.

I love King's weird little details!

3. Which other novellas were in the collection that contained the "Sun Dog"?

From Quiz Stephen King's "The Sun Dog"

Answer: "The Langoliers", "Secret Window Secret Garden", "Library Policeman"

"Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption", "Apt Pupil", "The Body" and the "Breathing Method" are actually the four novellas of "Different Seasons" another King collection.

4. What did the survivors of 'The Event' call Mr. Toomy (before they knew his name) when they were thinking about him?

From Quiz Four Past Midnight

Answer: Crew-Neck & Crew Neck

This is hard but is mentioned a lot in the book.

5. Who is flying to Boston to attend a funeral?

From Quiz The Time Traveling "Langoliers" !

Answer: Brian

Brian is landing his airplane when he is informed his ex-wife is dead. His company gets him a ticket to fly to Boston right away.

6. What was the mark of the Polaroid camera that Kevin received for his birthday?

From Quiz Stephen King's "The Sun Dog"

Answer: Sun 660

This camera had a bad habit. It was always taking pictures of a mad dog, wich unfortunately wanted to jump out of it!

7. What is 'The Event' really?

From Quiz Four Past Midnight

Answer: The plane going through a time warp.

This was easy for the movie or book.

8. In which town is this story set?

From Quiz Stephen King's "The Sun Dog"

Answer: Castle Rock, Maine

This story is actually a prelude to Stephen King's novel "Needful Things", which is the last story set in the "cursed" town of Castle Rock.

9. In the 'Secret Window, Secret Garden' what is the name of the guy who said Mort Rainey stole his story?

From Quiz Four Past Midnight

Answer: John Shooter & Shooter

Can we say paranoid...

10. Who is the first character to figure out what has actually happened to the survivors of the flight?

From Quiz The Time Traveling "Langoliers" !

Answer: Bob

Bob, as a mystery writer, is able to deduce that that he and the other passengers have some how gone back in time!

11. Who was the sherrif of the town, who didn't actually have a role in this story?

From Quiz Stephen King's "The Sun Dog"

Answer: Alan Pangborn

Alan played a major role in "Needful Things". We also find him in "The Dark Half". George was the former sheriff of Castle Rock. He was killed by Cujo in "Cujo".

12. What is the name of Mort Rainey's cat?

From Quiz Four Past Midnight

Answer: Bump

Church is the cat in Pet Semetary.

13. Who is the first to mention the Langoliers?

From Quiz The Time Traveling "Langoliers" !

Answer: Craig

Craig's father would torment him with the idea that the Langoliers would come and eat him because he was lazy!

14. What was the name of "Pop" Merrill's nephew?

From Quiz Stephen King's "The Sun Dog"

Answer: Ace

Ace Merrill appears in the "Body". Reggie is just the real name of Pop.

15. Who is John Shooter really?

From Quiz Four Past Midnight

Answer: Mort Rainey& Morton Rainey&Mort& Mort Rainey

Wow talk about being schizophrenic...

16. What physical ailment does Dinah suffer from?

From Quiz The Time Traveling "Langoliers" !

Answer: She is blind

Dinah is going to Boston to have an operation to restore her sight.

17. What did Pop buy in the drugstore?

From Quiz Stephen King's "The Sun Dog"

Answer: Film

Pop thought that he was buying tobacco, but he was actually asking for film!

18. In the 'Library Policeman' what is the name of the woman Sam meets the first time he visits the library?

From Quiz Four Past Midnight

Answer: Ardelia Lortz

Tough but easy if you've read it more than once.

19. Who figures out how to get the passengers out of the past?

From Quiz The Time Traveling "Langoliers" !

Answer: Albert

Albert realizes that they can fly back the way they came using fuel from the past, and then fly back through the time portal.

20. The two old sisters that refused to buy Kevin's camera had kind of unusual, manlike names. Name these names.

From Quiz Stephen King's "The Sun Dog"

Answer: Meleusippus and Eleusippus

This part was probably the funniest in the story. Pop had to remember those manlike names if he wanted to sell Kevin's camera! Meleusippus and Eleusippus are the names of two saints. The father of the two sisters was a very religious man and wanted to give these names to his sons. Unfortunately he ended having daughters, but he didn't change his mind.

21. What did the library police do to Sam when he was little and didn't return the books on time?

From Quiz Four Past Midnight

Answer: Rape him.

Another one of King's disturbing add ons...

22. What are the Langoliers?

From Quiz The Time Traveling "Langoliers" !

Answer: Red and black balls with razor sharp teeth

The Langoliers clean up time by eating it. They eat all the world's yesterdays.

23. What was the sun dog wearing?

From Quiz Stephen King's "The Sun Dog"

Answer: a tie

The dog in the pictures was wearing a string tie which was given to Kevin as a birthday gift from his aunt.

24. In the 'Sun Dog' how much money did Kevin's Dad bet on a football game?

From Quiz Four Past Midnight

Answer: 400

25. Where did the sun dog, according to Kevin, came from?

From Quiz Stephen King's "The Sun Dog"

Answer: The Polaroidvill

Kevin was dreaming of a two-dimension town, and this was the name he gave to it.

26. When Pop Merrill thinks he is destroying the camera what does he actually destroy?

From Quiz Four Past Midnight

Answer: A coo-coo clock.

Poor coo coo bird...thing...

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