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Stephen King's 'The Jaunt' Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz from a selection of short stories from Stephen King's book 'Skeleton Crew'. I found this story quite disturbing so I guess it must be a good one. Hope you enjoy.

A multiple-choice quiz by sandyparis. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
sandyparis

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
167,952

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
697

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What was the surname of Mark and his wife Marilys? Hint

Bran

Yeast

Wheat

Oates

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Question 2 of 10

2. What were the names of their two children? Hint

Ricky and Patricia

Paul and Rachel

Alan and Louise

Michael and Lauren

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which planet are the family making the 'Jaunt' to? Hint

Pluto

Mars

Saturn

Jupiter

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who invented the Jaunt? Hint

Hal Shelburn

Dr. Who

Albert Einstein

Victor Carune

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Question 5 of 10

5. In which year did Mark say the Jaunt had been invented? Hint

2017

1997

1987

2007

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Question 6 of 10

6. Before 'Jaunting' attendants fixed a mask to a steel nozzle and got you to inhale. This was to provide extra oxygen?

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. How many times had Mark 'Jaunted'? Hint

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who volunteered to 'go to sleep' first? Hint

Marilys

Mark

Ricky

Patricia

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Question 9 of 10

9. As Mark came out from 'under' he became aware of someone screaming and shouting. Who was it? Hint

Ricky

Marilys

Patricia

A Jaunt attendant

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Question 10 of 10

10. What had caused this devastating effect on Ricky? Hint

He had breathed too much gas

The 'gas' hadn't worked properly

He had held his breath when the mask was placed over his nose and mouth

He hadn't breathed enough gas

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the surname of Mark and his wife Marilys?

Answer: Oates

2. What were the names of their two children?

Answer: Ricky and Patricia

Ricky was twelve and Patricia was nine.

3. Which planet are the family making the 'Jaunt' to?

Answer: Mars

After getting notification from Texaco Water that he was being transferred to Whitehead City Mark and his wife decided that all of them would go for the two years Mark would be stationed on Mars.

4. Who invented the Jaunt?

Answer: Victor Carune

Victor Carune invented the Jaunt as part of a private research project that was funded by some government money. Carune was a bit of an eccentric. Hal Shelburn was a character in one of King's other short stories 'The Monkey'. Don't need to tell you about the remaining two.

5. In which year did Mark say the Jaunt had been invented?

Answer: 1987

He said the Jaunt had been invented in 1987, some 320 years ago.

6. Before 'Jaunting' attendants fixed a mask to a steel nozzle and got you to inhale. This was to provide extra oxygen?

Answer: False

They did this to put you to sleep. You had to be asleep to Jaunt or you would lose your mind and die shortly afterwards.

7. How many times had Mark 'Jaunted'?

Answer: 24

Mark would be making his 25th Jaunt. It was the first time for the rest of his family.

8. Who volunteered to 'go to sleep' first?

Answer: Mark

Mark said he would go first to reassure his daughter that it wouldn't hurt.

9. As Mark came out from 'under' he became aware of someone screaming and shouting. Who was it?

Answer: Marilys

Marilys was screaming because her son had gone crazy. His hair had turned white and his eyes were incredibly ancient. He had become a creature 'older than time'.

10. What had caused this devastating effect on Ricky?

Answer: He had held his breath when the mask was placed over his nose and mouth

Ricky had held his breath when they gave him the gas. He had wanted to 'see'. Told his dad 'it's longer than you think!'(the time it takes to Jaunt.) Ricky Oates had seen the unseeable forever and ever and clawed his eyes out before the Jaunt attendants wheeled him away.

Source: Author sandyparis

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