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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. What does Mrs. Moon recall a man being hanged for in the past?
2. Where does Jim follow Mrs. Doubbet to?
3. Who sneaks to the McBride farm with Mike in Chapter 20?
4. When does Aleister Crowley say an apocalypse will occur after the bell is activated by a sacrifice?
5. What is Duane's dog named?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Duane in Chapter 9 when he is walking into town?
2. What happens when Duane hears his father start the combine in Chapter 19?
3. In Chapter 22, what causes Jim to remember what he saw through the school window at the beginning of the summer?
4. What does Duane see on the wreckage following Art's car accident? What do Duane and his father discover when they return to look at the wreckage a second time?
5. What does Mr. Ashley-Montague tell Duane when Duane asks to see the historical records from 1876?
6. Describe Duane McBride's father.
7. Who approaches Mike as he is leaving the cemetery? Why does Kevin think this person is near the cemetery?
8. Where do Dale and Lawrence discover new furrows in Chapter 15? What happens while they are taking a closer look at one of them?
9. Where do Dale and his friends ride their bikes in Chapter 3? What does Lawrence think he hears as they pass the school?
10. What does Sandra Whittaker tell the boys in Chapter 5?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and interpret the secondary characters of the novel. Who are they and what are their defining character traits? How are they related to the main characters? What are their roles in the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze Simmons' motif of darkness in the novel "Summer of Night." What are some examples of darkness in the novel? How does darkness create a mysterious and suspenseful tone? What are some major scenes which take place in the dark? How does the title of the novel relate to this motif?
Essay Topic 3
Simmons based some of the elements of the novel "Summer of Night" on his childhood friends and his hometown. What comparisons can be made between the characters and their real life counterparts? What similarities are there between the fictional town in the novel and Simmons's hometown? What real-life works and historical figures did Simmons reference in the novel?
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