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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT an accident associated with the school's bell?
(a) The sinking of a ship.
(b) A train derailment.
(c) A fire.
(d) A plane crash.

2. Which university did Duane's father fail to graduate from?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Brown.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Yale.

3. Whose face does Mike see pressed against his basement window?
(a) Cordie's.
(b) Duane's.
(c) The soldier's.
(d) Dr. Roon's.

4. How many regional schools were originally planned for the rural areas of the state?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.

5. At the scene of the accident, what does Duane notice on Art's car?
(a) Yellow paint.
(b) Black paint.
(c) Red paint.
(d) Green paint.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is odd about Mrs. Doubbet's appearance in Chapter 7?

2. Who or what attacks Duane and his father in Chapter 15?

3. What name did Dale and his friends give themselves when they were younger?

4. What does the noise which comes from the back of Van Syke's truck sound like?

5. What presses Duane firmly down onto the ground in the field?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Old Central School. Why was it built?

2. What does Jim Harlen see through the school window when he follows Mrs. Doubbet in Chapter 7?

3. What does Duane learn about the Borgia Bell in Chapter 12?

4. What does Duane learn about Pintruicchio's murals while at Bradley University?

5. What happens when Duane hears his father start the combine in Chapter 19?

6. What awakens Mike just as he is nodding off in Chapter 12? What happens when he goes down into the basement?

7. Where do the boys meet to discuss Tubby's disappearance, and what do they decide to do? What gets dropped into the water while they are meeting?

8. Who stops Dale as he follows Cordie Cooke in Chapter 11? Who rescues Dale from this person?

9. What does Duane hear through his headphones in Chapter 4?

10. What happens to Duane in Chapter 9 when he is walking into town?

(see the answer keys)

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