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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 do the vampires destroy after Robert gets back into his house in Part I, Chapter 5?
(a) The station wagon.
(b) The mirror on the front door.
(c) Robert's stack of firewood.
(d) Each other.

2. Robert paints his living room wall in Part I, Chapter 6. What does it look like?
(a) A dark sky with bright, shining stars.
(b) Canadian woods.
(c) Blue.
(d) A fantasy garden.

3. What part of a vampire does Robert think the more effective method of killing affects?
(a) Its heart.
(b) Its solar plexus.
(c) Its brain.
(d) Its blood.

4. In Part I, Chapter 6, what had been found in Colorado?
(a) An ancient mummy, thought to be cursed.
(b) A strain of giant grasshoppers.
(c) An image of the Virgin Mary at Red Rocks.
(d) Gold.

5. In Part II, Chapter 8, Ben reminds Robert of what character?
(a) Oliver Hardy.
(b) Barney Fife.
(c) Lou Costello.
(d) Bud Abbott.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robert's discovery of a more effective way of killing vampires inspire him to do?

2. Whom does Robert call out to at the end of Part I, Chapter 5?

3. What was Robert's reaction when the men came for Kathy's body?

4. How is Robert described in Chapter 1?

5. What time does the vampire in Robert's house awaken in Part II, Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part I, Chapter 1, what does Robert do for recreation?

2. Of whom does Ben Cortman begin to remind Robert, and what is Robert's reaction to this realization?

3. How does Robert begin his research into the nature of vampires?

4. In Part II, Chapter 10, when Robert realizes that his isolated experiments are useless and he needs to study the problem scientifically, where does he go, and what does he do there?

5. What has Robert done to keep the vampires out of his home?

6. Explain a typical day in Robert's life as outlined in Part I, Chapter 2.

7. Why does Robert go to Ben's house after Virginia dies, and what does he find there?

8. Robert realizes that the vampires' vulnerability lies in their blood. Why does he believe this, and what does he intend to do about it?

9. How does Robert react to the vampire attack after he gets back in his house?

10. In Part II, Chapter 8, Robert continues his investigation into vampires and things which might affect them. Describe one of the additional experiments Robert performs.

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