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

2. What does Bill Denbrough do for a living?

3. What does Beverly Marsh tell her parents that she saw in the drain?

4. Which of the following is not a phenomenon that citizens of Derry have reported to Mike Hanlon?

5. Who is Pennywise?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mike describe Derry in his diary?

2. Why is Eddie Cochran's disappearance not initially reported by his parents?

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

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

5. Describe similarities in the lives of the Losers Club members as adults.

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

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

8. What is Juniper Hill and what character resides there?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Stan is contacted by Mike Hanlon to join the group in Derry, he ends the phone call, walks up stairs, and kills himself. Write an essay describing the significance of Stan's suicide in the novel. How do you think this suicide plays into the novel? Is it significant that not all of the Losers Club can meet in 1985? What does Stan's suicide foreshadow about the rest of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Patrick Hockstetter is a sociopath, Beverly Marsh marries an abusive man, and Mike Hanlon is determined to get the group back together to conquer It once and for all. Each of the characters not only has physical characteristics that identify them, but also a set of emotional or mental characteristics. Select any character from the novel and explore the psychology behind their behavior. If you use technical information, make sure to research your claims and cite all of your sources.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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