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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 does Patricia Uris find when she checks on Stanley in the bathroom?
(a) He has passed out in the shower.
(b) He has killed himself by slitting his wrists.
(c) He is just fine.
(d) He has snuck out the window.

2. What does Mike Hanlon's father say he saw the night that the nightclub was attacked?
(a) A leper.
(b) A huge bird.
(c) A clown.
(d) A mummy.

3. Which of the following is not a phenomenon that citizens of Derry have reported to Mike Hanlon?
(a) Voices coming from drains.
(b) Murders that were allowed to take place in town.
(c) Unexplained changes in the weather.
(d) Hate crimes that seemed to come out of the blue.

4. Who/what is Silver?
(a) Bill Denbrough's dog.
(b) Bill Denbrough's horse.
(c) Bill Denbrough's bicycle.
(d) Bill Denbrough's grandmother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Bill Denbrough and Richie Tozier find in the house on Neibolt Street?

2. To whom does Ben Hanscom write a postcard at the library?

3. Who helps Beverly Marsh Rogan arrange her travel to Derry?

4. During their first meeting back in town, what does Mike Hanlon point out that is similar among all surviving members of the Losers Club?

5. Where is Bill Denbrough when he first begins to recall the summer of 1958?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ben's dream that he has when he is hiding in the cave waiting for Henry to go away?

2. What is the Standpipe and why was it closed?

3. Why does Ben run away from Henry on the last day of school and what happens?

4. What do Eddie and Bill build together and where do they build it?

5. How are the events surrounding Adrian's death at the canal handled by the police and the community?

6. What reason does the author speculate might be why Bill wanted the bike (Silver)?

7. How does Georgie die and who kills him?

8. What happens when Beverly calls out to the voices she hears in the drain and how does she react?

9. Why does Georgie go inside to talk to Bill and why isn't Bill outside playing with Georgie in the flood waters?

10. What story does Bill tell the other boys at the dam and how do they respond?

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