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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ben Hanscom begins to remember details of his childhood ____________.

2. Why does Bill Denbrough ride quickly into town, leaving Ben with Eddie?

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

4. What does Henry Bowers begin to hear the day Mike calls his friends back to Derry?

5. What happens to the young men in regards to the attack on Adrian?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the fortune cookies the waitress brings at the local restaurant have inside?

2. Describe what happens when Bill looks through Georgie's photo album.

3. Why is Adrian confronted for his "I love Derry" hat?

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

5. Describe Ben's reaction to seeing Henry at the movies.

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

7. How is Dorsey Cochran killed and why is it significant?

8. Describe what happens at the Black Spot in 1930 according to Mike's diary entry.

9. Why was the Black Spot created?

10. Describe Eddie Kaspbrask's reaction to the phone call he receives from Mike Hanlon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Often in novels, authors use one or more of the characters to argue their own viewpoints. What character or set of characters do you think that King uses to communicate his own viewpoints? Is there a specific character that can be defined as Stephen King?

Essay Topic 2

At one point in the novel, Bill Denbrough says, "The town is It, and It is the town." What does Bill mean by this? How are the town and It interconnected? Can It survive without the town? Can the town survive without It? What would Derry be like without It?

Essay Topic 3

Georgie Denbrough is presented at the beginning of the book as an innocent kid. Even his name, Georgie, suggests innocence and naivete. His life is suddenly torn away from him by It, disguised as Pennywise the Clown, who rips off his arm from the sewer drain. How do Georgie and It function as archetypal depictions of good and evil? Do you think these are the best representations of good and evil in the novel? Or would you argue there are stronger representations?

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