Q 01/05

What breed of dog is Cujo, the gentle family pet turned killer in Stephen King's Maine novel?

A) Saint Bernard

B) Great Dane

C) Irish Wolfhound

D) Newfoundland

Answer · why

A) Saint Bernard

Saint Bernard dogs are famous for Alpine rescues and a gentle temper, which is what makes the two-hundred-pound Cujo's turn so frightening.

Q 02/05

Which animal's bite on the nose infects Cujo with rabies at the start of Stephen King's novel?

A) A raccoon

B) A fox

C) A bat

D) A skunk

Answer · why

C) A bat

A bat bites Cujo when he pushes his head into a small cave, and the Cambers had never had him vaccinated. The novel's postscript says the cave was nev...

Q 03/05

In which model of car are Donna Trenton and her son Tad trapped by the rabid Cujo?

A) Chevrolet Vega

B) Ford Pinto

C) AMC Gremlin

D) Dodge Dart

Answer · why

B) Ford Pinto

Ford Pinto trouble was something Stephen King knew first-hand: he owned an unreliable one himself and gave Donna the same model.

Q 04/05

Which major change did the 1983 film of Cujo make to the ending of Stephen King's novel?

A) The dog survives

B) The mother dies

C) The child survives

D) The father is killed

Answer · why

C) The child survives

The child survives in the film, while in the novel Tad dies in the car shortly before his father reaches the farm.

Q 05/05

Cujo's name came from the alias of a kidnapper of which American newspaper heiress, seized in 1974?

A) Patty Hearst

B) Gloria Vanderbilt

C) Barbara Hutton

D) Doris Duke

Answer · why

A) Patty Hearst

Patty Hearst was abducted by the Symbionese Liberation Army, and one of its members, Willie Wolfe, went by the name Cujo. King gave the alias to his m...