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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. What does Father Cavanaugh ask Mike for in Chapter 34?
(a) To borrow a weapon.
(b) A truce.
(c) To say a prayer for him.
(d) Help to find Dr. Roon.

2. What does Mike glimpse in the back of the rendering truck in Chapter 33?
(a) Mounds of slime.
(b) Human remains.
(c) Giant insects.
(d) A stockpile of weapons.

3. What does Mr. McBride give Dale before moving?
(a) Duane's baseball cards.
(b) A new bike.
(c) All of Duane's notebooks.
(d) A short-wave radio.

4. When delirious with fever, who does Mike imagine he is conversing with?
(a) His mother.
(b) Mrs. Duggan.
(c) Duane.
(d) Tubby.

5. How are Dale and Jim able to resist their attackers in Chapter 41?
(a) Dale and Jim spray holy water on their attackers.
(b) Dale and Jim crawl through a small hole in the wall.
(c) Jim kicks the attackers to the ground.
(d) Mike's entrance distracts the attackers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Lawrence been tied to in Chapter 39?

2. According to Cordie, what do the men who killed Tubby and Duane want?

3. What does Mike find on the ground in Chapter 40?

4. Who or what does Mike come across in the tunnel after several hundred yards in Chapter 38?

5. Where does C.J. Congden drive Dale and Jim in Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jim go into the woods in Chapter 23? What does Cordie tell Jim when they meet in the woods?

2. How do the boys defeat Van Skye?

3. How does Dale become inspired to be a writer?

4. What evidence was planted on the man accused of the little girl's murder in 1900, and who planted it there?

5. Why do the boys go camping in Chapter 29?

6. What happens during Father Cavanaugh's visit to Mike's house in Chapter 34?

7. What happens to the boys while in the belfry?

8. What does Mike discover when he goes to visit Mrs. Moon in Chapter 26?

9. What strange occurrence takes place at Michelle Staffney's birthday party?

10. How do the boys manage to get away from Dr. Roon?

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