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

2. Where does Ben Hanscom run when trying to escape Henry Bowers?

3. Why is Bill Denbrough in bed during the flood?

4. What does Patricia Uris find when she checks on Stanley in the bathroom?

5. What is Patricia Uris doing when Stanley gets the call from Mike?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Bill help Georgie?

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

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

6. Why was the Black Spot created?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The children build a clubhouse under the ground, covering it with grass strips so that it cannot be found. What does the idea of a clubhouse mean? Do you think having a place to meet brought the children closer together? Explore ideas of place and space to define how the clubhouse is used in the novel. What value do the Losers place on the clubhouse?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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