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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, June of 1958: Chapter 7, The Dam in the Barrens.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was decided to be the cause of death for Dorsey Cochran?
(a) Dorsey overdosed.
(b) Dorsey had been strangled.
(c) Dorsey had been beaten to death with a blunt instrument.
(d) Dorsey committed suicide.

2. Ben Hanscom begins to remember details of his childhood ____________.
(a) When he is flying home to Derry.
(b) When he is on his honeymoon.
(c) When he is on a business trip.
(d) When he gets an invitation to a friend's wedding.

3. Why doesn't Stan Uris get to tell a story about what he has seen after the boys complete the dam?
(a) He doesn't have a story.
(b) They are interrupted by a local beat cop.
(c) They are interrupted by Henry Bowers.
(d) He begins to stutter.

4. Why is Adrian not attacked the first time he is confronted by the young men about his hat?
(a) They are in a public area.
(b) They are interrupted by a police officer.
(c) The young men are too lazy.
(d) They don't really want to attack Adrian.

5. To whom does Ben Hanscom write a postcard at the library?
(a) Henry Bowers.
(b) Victor Criss.
(c) Beverly Marsh.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom does Mike Hanlon get most of his information about Derry in his interviews of townsfolk?

2. How is the person whose murder the police are investigating described?

3. Who is Dorsey?

4. What creature do both the young men and Adrian's lover claim to see in the canal?

5. What story does Bill Denbrough tell the boys after they have completed the dam?

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