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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the children leave It in It's nest in 1958?

2. What gets trapped inside It's mouth during the attack in the cave?

3. What do the children tell Bill's parents they are going to do the night they make silver slugs?

4. Why does Eddie laugh after he breaks his arm?

5. The house on Neibolt Street seems to grow in proportion while the Losers Club is inside. How do they stop this sensation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Mike brings his father's photo album to the clubhouse?

2. Why does Claud Heroux attack the men at the Silver Dollar?

3. What happens when Audra first wakes up from her nightmare in the hotel room and how does she react?

4. Describe Bill and Audra Denbrough's preparation for and ride together on Silver.

5. How is Henry Bowers killed and by whom?

6. How does It die, and who kills It?

7. How do the Losers respond when Henry is killed?

8. How is the Bradley Gang killed?

9. Why does the pharmacist pull Eddie into his office and what does he tell him?

10. How do the other patrons in the bar react when Claud Heroux pulls out his ax and begins attacking people?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The children build a clubhouse under the ground, covering it with grass strips so that it cannot be found. What does the idea of a clubhouse mean? Do you think having a place to meet brought the children closer together? Explore ideas of place and space to define how the clubhouse is used in the novel. What value do the Losers place on the clubhouse?

Essay Topic 2

Georgie Denbrough is presented at the beginning of the book as an innocent kid. Even his name, Georgie, suggests innocence and naivete. His life is suddenly torn away from him by It, disguised as Pennywise the Clown, who rips off his arm from the sewer drain. How do Georgie and It function as archetypal depictions of good and evil? Do you think these are the best representations of good and evil in the novel? Or would you argue there are stronger representations?

Essay Topic 3

Mike Hanlon reaches the conclusion, when explaining the attacks at the Silver Dollar, that adults are not able to process the events happening in Derry. Why does he come to this conclusion? Reading the novel, do you come to the same conclusion? What makes children and adults process things differently? Have adults given up on the ability to overcome evil?

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