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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Eddie Cochran decide to spend the night at the park?
(a) He knows his mother will punish him because of his bad grades.
(b) He is afraid of the ghosts that live in his house.
(c) He knows his stepfather will beat him because of his bad grades.
(d) He is afraid Henry Bowers will attack him.

2. What happens to Georgie Denbrough's boat when he returns outside after talking to Bill?
(a) It falls into the drain.
(b) It becomes waterlogged.
(c) It falls apart.
(d) It sails into the street.

3. Where does Ben Hanscom go on his walking tour in Part 3?
(a) The library.
(b) Downtown.
(c) The train yard.
(d) His old neighborhood.

4. When did the main characters of the book first meet?
(a) At work.
(b) On a reunion to their home town.
(c) As children.
(d) At college.

5. What does the creature in the canal do to Adrian?
(a) Rips off his arm.
(b) Takes a bite out of him.
(c) Holds him under water.
(d) Pulls his hair.

6. What does Henry Bowers begin to hear the day Mike calls his friends back to Derry?
(a) A sinister voice in the drain.
(b) A voice from the moon.
(c) A howling from the sky.
(d) A screeching against his window.

7. When Edward Cochran went missing, why didn't his parents report his absence?
(a) Edward has a difficult relationship with his stepfather.
(b) Edward doesn't live with them.
(c) Edward told them he was spending the night at a friend's house.
(d) Edward told them that he was leaving.

8. What does Stan Uris do when he becomes locked in the Standpipe?
(a) Repeats bird names.
(b) Uses his inhaler.
(c) Punches a hole in the door.
(d) Pulls out his gun.

9. Why does Bill Denbrough ride quickly into town, leaving Ben with Eddie?
(a) To get his father.
(b) To get Eddie's asthma medicine.
(c) Because Eddie has broken a leg.
(d) To chase Henry Bowers.

10. Who helps bring Henry Bowers back to Derry?
(a) Victor Criss.
(b) Georgie Denbrough.
(c) Belch Huggins.
(d) Bill Denbrough.

11. What does Georgie Denbrough see when he reaches down to retrieve the boat?
(a) A clown.
(b) Another boat.
(c) A monster.
(d) A dog.

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

13. Who finds Georgie Denbrough's body?
(a) Bill Denbrough.
(b) His parents.
(c) A friend.
(d) A neighbor.

14. Which of the following does not appear in a fortune cookie brought by the waitress?
(a) A finger.
(b) Teeth.
(c) A cricket.
(d) An eye.

15. What do the young men do to Adrian?
(a) They throw his body over the side of the canal.
(b) They shove him into the sewer drain.
(c) They choke him.
(d) They carve letters into his body.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Georgie Denbrough try to build?

2. What was the nightclub called that was on the Derry military base and only for the colored men?

3. What is a common feature of what the characters see on their walking tours?

4. What was the draw of the black nightclub for outsiders?

5. In an otherwise happy marriage, what is one problem that Patricia and Stanley Uris have?

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