Who Am I? Characters from Stephen King Quiz

Answer: Father Callahan

Father Callahan is one of the four survivors from the vampire attacks in "Salem's Lot", the others being Mark Petrie, Ben Mears and the town constable. He is part of a movement to stop the vampires and helps kill several with stakes. In the end, his faith isn't strong enough, and Barlow's blood curses him, forbidding him to even enter his own church.

Fun Fact: Father Callahan later makes an appearance in Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series.

Answer: Louis Creed

This is from the book "Pet Semetary". Louis' son Gage is run over by a truck. Thanks to Jud Crandall, who had told him about an ancient burial ground that brought people back from the dead, desperate Louis wants to resurrect his son. However, Jud warned him that the people were never the same when they came back. Distraught with grief, Louis buries his son anyway. Gage comes back changed. Now evil, he is able to talk like an adult, although he was just learning to walk when he died.

He murders Jud Crandall's wife and his own mother, causing the now insane Louis to kill his son with morphine.

Answer: Norman Daniels

Norman Daniels is an abusive husband in "Rose Madder", punching his wife in the face for spilling iced tea and once causing her to miscarry. He is also suspected of killing a prostitute. Once he finds out that his once timid wife has left him, he goes on a rampage, doing all he can to find his wife. And he does, but things don't work out for him quite the way he had planned...

Answer: Stan Uris

Stan seems to be the only one who really remembers all of the details of what really happened when the kids were confronted with "It". The rest of the group seem to have forgotten or blocked out almost all of the details of their childhood horrors. After he is called back by Mike to let him know "It" is back, Stan slits his wrists in the bathtub.

Answer: David Carver

In "Desperation", David's best friend is about to die in a hospital when David prays for him to live. God allows this, but lets him know that there will be a time in the future when he will have to pay back his I.O.U. That time happens to be when a crazy cop, Collie Entragian, puts the whole family in jail. Collie has been taken over by a demon known as Tak.

The survivors of Collie band together and try to defeat Tak, but it's young David who has to lead the charge, as he's the only one God communicates with.

Answer: Dick Halloran

In "The Shining", Dick Halloran recognizes Danny Torrance is clairvoyant immediately, because they can hear each other's thoughts. Dick is the hotel chef and is on his way to Florida on the off-season, but is wary of the family staying at the hotel by themselves. Later in the story, Danny's father, Jack, who has fallen off the wagon, goes crazy and tries to kill his wife and son. Danny calls Dick telepathically, and Dick comes back to the Overlook Hotel to help him.

What happens in the end? You've got to read the book for yourself, my friends.

Answer: Randall Flagg

Randall Flagg is the Anti-Christ in "The Stand". He recruits members that survived the Super Flu by sending them dark dreams that appeal to their darkest desires. People with good hearts are appalled by these dreams. Flagg's only goal is to destroy people. He has vague recollections of KKK hangings, being involved with the Charles Manson family, assisting in kidnapping Patty Hearst and other evil things, but doesn't really understand where he comes from.

Fun Fact: Randall Flagg appears in "The Dark Tower" series and "The Eyes of the Dragon". (Did Stephen King hate someone by that name and just keep using it in his books? I've always wondered.)

Answer: Ted Brautigan

Ted has psychic abilities that the low men must possess in "Low Men in Yellow Coats". He's a breaker (which won't make much sense, unless you've read the "Dark Tower" series) and only wants to use his powers for good. Ted takes Bobby under his wing, teaching him all about the power of books and being the first adult to truly care about him. Bobby starts to see all of the signs that Ted warned him about - he even sees one in his own mother's purse. For his own reasons, he chooses to stay quiet. In the end, Ted's fate ends up being in Bobby's hands...

Answer: Ben Richards

Ben is a character from "The Running Man", one of the books King wrote as Richard Bachman. After his daughter gets the flu and the family doesn't have the money to buy medicine, Ben goes to The Network, which is a governmental organization that promotes games to keep people quiet. Ben takes a battery of tests and scores very highly, which gets him a spot on 'The Running Man' show, where he has a 12-hour head start to hide from the officials who attempt to hunt him down.

The winner gets one billion dollars if he or she outlasts the hunters, whose main goal is to kill the contestant.

In spite of the grand reward, no one has ever won before. Then again, there's never been a contestant quite like Ben before...

Answer: Eddie Dean

Eddie Dean first appears in book two of King's "Dark Tower" series. Hooked on heroin and nearly busted after transporting drugs, Roland Deschain takes over Eddie's body so he can transport him to his world to assist him on his quest. At first very resentful and mistrusting of Roland, Eddie becomes a gunslinger in his own right, and are later joined by Susannah, Jake and Oy in an attempt to help save the world(s).

Answer: Thomas

Thomas is a slow, dunce-like character, much like his father, King Roland, from "The Eyes of the Dragon". Roland heavily favors his eldest son, Peter, because he reminds him of his deceased wife, who was secretly murdered under Flagg's orders. Peter doesn't trust Flagg, but Thomas does; partially out of desperation for someone to believe in him. Flagg convinces him that he can be king, but his intentions for Thomas are anything but good...

Answer: Annie Wilkes

After author Paul Sheldon crashes in a snowstorm, former nurse Annie Wilkes rescues him in "Misery". After recognizing her favorite author, she takes him to her house instead of to the hospital. At first, Annie seems like a Godsend, but it turns out that there's a reason why Annie is not longer a nurse. Assuming responsibility for Paul, it doesn't take long for Annie's cracks to start showing. The problem? Paul's leg is shattered and Annie's on him 24/7. Not enough? Everything is covered with feet of snow, including Paul's car. No one knows where he is - except for a psychotic former nurse.

Fun Fact: Kathy Bates won an Oscar for her portrayal of Annie in the movie "Misery".

Answer: Edgar Freemantle

It turns out that in "Duma Key" there is an evil spirit who is using Edgar's paintings to carry out her will. This entity known as "Persephone" is somehow present in Edgar's paintings. All who possess one are in danger of something terrible happening to them, including becoming possessed by Persephone or dying themselves. When Edgar puts the pieces together, it may be too late.

Answer: Dale Barbara

Dale Barbara was attempting to hitchhike out of Chester's Mill after getting beat up by a gang of four guys in "Under the Dome". A short-order cook and former Army officer, a girl nearly stops to pick him up, but changes her mind at the last minute and drives on. Minutes later, an invisible dome crashes down on Chester's Mills, creating chaos tha continues to grow in magnitude. Cut off from the world, used car salesman (and meth dealer) Jim Rennie attempts to seize control of the town, while the Pentagon has ordered Dale to take control of the town.

In a town that becomes more of a dictatorship and with no way to escape, Dale tries desperately to establish some order. Jim is no hurry to relinquish his sudden power over the town. Dale soon finds that his Army credentials don't mean much when he's the only one on the inside of the dome.

Answer: George Stark

In "The Dark Half", Thad Beaumont writes his own novels, but the ones he writes under the pen name "George Stark" are far more successful and far more gruesome than his own. After it's discovered that Thad and George are one and the same, Thad does an article in People Magazine, where there's a picture of a grave for George Stark. That's when things start to get interesting.

After Thad disposes of George, George starts to manifest himself physically. Crimes are committed with George/Thad's fingerprints left behind. Even though he has an alibi, Sheriff Alan Pangborn can't explain the physical evidence left behind. Thad starts to worry about his family's safety and his own sanity. Is George an evil spirit or does Thad have multiple personality disorder?

Fun Facts: Alan Pangborn appears in "Needful Things." Readers also learn Thad Beaumont's fate in "Bag of Bones." The concept for this story was based on Stephen King's own alter-ego, Richard Bachman, being discovered.