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Quiz about Stephen King Short Story Openers

Stephen King Short Story Openers Quiz

This is a quiz about the opening lines of Stephen King's short stories. Also includes novellas. Have fun.

A multiple-choice quiz by agwooding1. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
agwooding1

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
301,131

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
687

Last 3 plays: wjames (8/10), Guest 174 (1/10), Guest 31 (1/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. "I've got a good job now, and no reason to feel glum." Which story is this from? Hint

Secret Window, Secret Garden

Everything's Eventual

The Doctor's Case

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Question 2 of 10

2. "Miss Sidley was her name, and teaching was her game." Which story is this from? Hint

Children of the Corn

Riding the Bullet

Graduation Afternoon

Suffer the Little Children

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Question 3 of 10

3. "Charles needed to go to the bathroom very badly." Which story is this from? Hint

Here There Be Tygres

One for the Road

Rest Stop

The Sun Dog

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Question 4 of 10

4. "Everything, Sam Peebles decided later, was the fault of the goddammed acrobat." Which story is this from? Hint

The Library Policeman

The Jaunt

The Monkey

Lucky Quarter

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Question 5 of 10

5. "You don't see what's right in front of your eyes, she'd said, but sometimes he did." Which story is this from? Hint

The Woman in the Room

Nona

Willa

The Breathing Method

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Question 6 of 10

6. "I am now a very old man and this is something that happened to me when I was very young." Which story is this from? Hint

The Man in the Black Suit

Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption

Nona

One for the Road

7. "Morrison was waiting for someone who was hung up in the air traffic jam over Kennedy International when he saw a familiar face at the end of the bar and walked down." Which story is this from? Hint

The Reach

The Langoliers

Quitter's Inc

Night Flier

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Question 8 of 10

8. "The most important things are the hardest things to say." Which story is this from? Hint

Gramma

Night Surf

The Man who would Not Shake Hands

The Body

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Question 9 of 10

9. "After the guy was dead and the smell of his burning flesh was off the air, we all went down to the beach." Which story is this from? Hint

Beachworld

Riding the Bullet

Rainy Season

Night Surf

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Question 10 of 10

10. "Mike Enslin was still in the revolving door when he saw Olin, the manager of the Hotel Dolphin, sitting in one of the overstuffed lobby chairs." Which story is this from? Hint

Children of the Corn

In the Deathroom

1408

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "I've got a good job now, and no reason to feel glum." Which story is this from?

Answer: Everything's Eventual

"Everything's Eventual," was a short story from "Everything's Eventual," and was good enough for Stephen King to name the collection after it.

2. "Miss Sidley was her name, and teaching was her game." Which story is this from?

Answer: Suffer the Little Children

This short story was in the "Nightmares and Dreamscapes," collection. This is one of my favourite short stories by Stephen King and is about a teacher who begins to realise that her entire class of children have been taken over by a strange alien race. She eventually vows to do something about it.

3. "Charles needed to go to the bathroom very badly." Which story is this from?

Answer: Here There Be Tygres

"Here There Be Tygres," is a story from "Skeleton Crew." The story is about a young boy who is frightened to go to the toilet because there is a tiger in there. Eventually the tiger eats his mean teacher. A strange one.

4. "Everything, Sam Peebles decided later, was the fault of the goddammed acrobat." Which story is this from?

Answer: The Library Policeman

This short story (which is more of a novella) is in "Four Past Midnight." It is about a man who borrows a book from a deranged librarian and when he tries to return it he discovers that she doesn't work there. He is then hunted down by a strange phantom known as the library policeman for having not returned the book.

Incredibly scary and one of his most graphic works. This will shock you for weeks to come.

5. "You don't see what's right in front of your eyes, she'd said, but sometimes he did." Which story is this from?

Answer: Willa

"Willa," is a short story in one of Stephen King's most recent short story collections, "Just After Sunset." In the introduction, King claims this is the first short story he'd written after a dry period of a few years.

6. "I am now a very old man and this is something that happened to me when I was very young." Which story is this from?

Answer: The Man in the Black Suit

This short story was featured in the collection "Everything's Eventual," and is an outstanding piece of work, even for Stephen King. It is about a boy who goes fishing in a set of nearby woods and meets a creepy man in a black suit. He soon begins to suspect that the man may be the devil. This is horror at its very best.

In an interview about this story, Stephen King admitted he doesn't see what all the fuss is about, as he didn't believe at the time of writing that it was very good. It has gone on to win an award and Stephen King admits he may have been short sighted.

Answer: Quitter's Inc

This short story was featured in the "Night Shift," collection, one of Stephen King's first short story collections. It is about a business which has a very sadistic way of making people quit smoking. After all, they do guarantee 100% success rate...no matter what. A fine story.

8. "The most important things are the hardest things to say." Which story is this from?

Answer: The Body

"The Body," is a novella from, "Different Seasons." The story is about four boys who go on an epic adventure and was later adapted into a film called, "Stand By Me."

9. "After the guy was dead and the smell of his burning flesh was off the air, we all went down to the beach." Which story is this from?

Answer: Night Surf

"Night Surf," is a short story from the collection "Night Shift." It is based around the events of King's book, "The Stand," and tells the story of a group of people pulling together after the effects of Captain Trips.

10. "Mike Enslin was still in the revolving door when he saw Olin, the manager of the Hotel Dolphin, sitting in one of the overstuffed lobby chairs." Which story is this from?

Answer: 1408

This was an easy one if you have seen the film. "1408," was a short story in the collection, "Everything's Eventual," and was about a writer called Enslin who meets strange paranormal forces when he spends times in a haunted hotel room. It was later adapted into a film with John Cusaak and Samuel L Jackson and in my opinion it is one of the best psychological thrillers ever.

Source: Author agwooding1

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