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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 is Robert attacked by on his way home in Part I, Chapter 5?
(a) Swarms of insects.
(b) A pack of rabid dogs.
(c) A blanketing mist.
(d) Swarms of vampires.

2. Where did Virginia and Robert consider sending Kathy in Part I, Chapter 6?
(a) To the local pediatrician's office.
(b) To her cousin's family up north.
(c) To Virginia's mother's house.
(d) To Disney Land.

3. What does Robert try to borrow from Ben in Part II, Chapter 9?
(a) A cup of sugar.
(b) A car.
(c) $100.
(d) His table saw.

4. What does Robert's discovery of a more effective way of killing vampires inspire him to do?
(a) Have a party.
(b) Research.
(c) Go home and drink.
(d) Write a journal.

5. What are the creatures repulsed by in Chapter 2?
(a) A picture of Jesus.
(b) Holy water.
(c) Water.
(d) Garlic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robert think explains the musty odor given off by vampires?

2. What does Robert get out of his dresser drawer after he sees the vampires destroying his personal property?

3. Ben is in what when Robert goes to his house in Part II, Chapter 9?

4. What were the men wearing who took Kathy after she died?

5. In Part II, Chapter 7, Robert is not satisfied that the epidemic was caused by what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Robert's efforts to get in his house after his watch stops in Part I, Chapter 5.

2. In Part I, Chapter 3, to what does Robert compare the vampires?

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

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

5. Robert mulls over the ways vampires "die" for the final time. Describe some of the forms these deaths take and Robert's suppositions about why there are different ways of dying for vampires.

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

7. In Part I, Chapter 6, what has Robert done to repair his home?

8. In Part I, Chapter 3, several things drive Robert to despair. Describe one.

9. In Part I, Chapter 3, what does Robert do to vent his frustration, and what is the source of his frustration?

10. What theory about the disease is Robert not ready to accept in Part II, Chapter 7? What does he research after this conclusion?

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