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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Ben and Matt agree to take Susan that Friday night?
(a) To Marsten House.
(b) To Bangor for a movie.
(c) To dinner.
(d) Out dancing.

2. What does Ben tell Susan his current book is about?
(a) The history of childhood pranks.
(b) The history of folklore in Maine.
(c) The history of Jerusalem's Lot.
(d) The disappearance of four children before Hubert Marsten's death.

3. What does the tall man sell that allows him to quit his job and leave California?
(a) A letter from his stock broker.
(b) A letter from his lawyer.
(c) A letter from his grandmother.
(d) A letter from his literary agent.

4. Who tells Floyd Tibbits about the thing Mike Ryerson found when he got to work that morning?
(a) Dell.
(b) Hank.
(c) Royal.
(d) Dud.

5. Who does Larry Crockett hire to do what Straker has requested?
(a) Hank Peters and Mike Ryerson.
(b) Royal Snow and Hank Peters.
(c) Hank Peters and Dub Rogers.
(d) Royal Snow and Mike Ryerson.

6. Who is Ben Mears?
(a) The local priest.
(b) The tall man.
(c) The tall man's companion.
(d) The tall man's friend.

7. Where do Matt and Ben decide to go that evening after the dead man has been taken from Matt's house?
(a) The police station.
(b) The funeral home.
(c) The morgue.
(d) Marsten House.

8. Why does Ben Mears go to Matt Burke's English class?
(a) To substitute teach for Matt.
(b) To give a speech about being a writer.
(c) To talk about the dangers of motorcycles.
(d) To give a presentation on Dracula.

9. Who becomes irrational during the funeral, insisting Danny stop pretending to be dead?
(a) Danny's father.
(b) Danny's mother.
(c) Father Callahan.
(d) Ralphie.

10. Who dug the grave prior to the service?
(a) Royal Snow and Weasel Craig.
(b) Royal Snow and Bill Norton.
(c) Mike Ryerson and Royal Snow.
(d) Mike Ryerson and Mr. Glick.

11. What does Larry Crockett say might be a consequence of Hank's going to the police?
(a) The police might make him pay taxes on his wages for this job.
(b) The police might look into his background.
(c) The police might be interested to know he was drunk when he saw the items of interest.
(d) The police might check the validity of his visa.

12. Who do Ben and Matt decide to take with them that evening on their mysterious mission?
(a) Eva Miller.
(b) Susan Norton.
(c) Mark Petrie.
(d) Jimmy Cody.

13. What does Susan tell Ben before leaving him for the night in Chapter 5?
(a) She wants to be with Floyd Tibbits.
(b) She cannot see him anymore.
(c) She loves him.
(d) She wants to get married.

14. Who is Marsten House named for?
(a) Billy and Bobby Marsten.
(b) Hubert and Birdie Marsten.
(c) Marsten, the pig.
(d) Marsten Real Estate.

15. Where does Ben run into Matt Burke and Weasel Craig?
(a) Spencer's.
(b) The grocery store.
(c) Dell's.
(d) Eva's boarding house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who died in Marsten House in 1939?

2. Why does Parkins come to Matt's house to investigate the dead man?

3. Why does Marjorie Glick report her sons missing?

4. Who asks a friend in the FBI to investigate the backgrounds of Ben Mears, Straker, and Barlow in the aftermath of the search for the missing boy?

5. Where is Danny Glick buried?

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