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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. Who attacked the nightclub?

2. When Mike Hanlon suggests that each of the members of the Losers Club take a walk through town alone, what does he tell them?

3. Where does Bill Denbrough see a picture of Georgie winking at him?

4. Why doesn't Stan Uris get to tell a story about what he has seen after the boys complete the dam?

5. Where does Bill Denbrough find Silver?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe how Ben Hanscom reacts to Mike Hanlon's phone call.

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

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

5. When Eddie is at the field where the children used to play baseball, he sees someone pop up to grab a baseball that has appeared. Who is this person and who does the person change into?

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

7. What does Tom do to Kay to try to persuade her to tell him where Beverly went? What is her breaking point?

8. Describe what the young men and Adrian's lover see at the canal side and what the police office thinks they saw.

9. How does Georgie die and who kills him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Throughout the novel, each of the characters sees their own manifestations of the character of It. Write an essay describing why the depictions of It vary between characters. Consider why this is significant. Many of the characters do see the clown, Pennywise, and he actually appears in some of the photographs. How do the different depictions vary? Is one depiction more real than another? Make sure to cite examples from the book to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

At the end of the book, Mike Hanlon concludes that in time they will all forget what has happened. The ink with which he wrote down the numbers and names of his friends is already fading. Write an essay exploring the role that forgetting and repression play in the novel. On the other hand, consider what role memory plays.

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