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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 is a common feature of what the characters see on their walking tours?

2. What does the creature in the canal do to Adrian?

3. Where does Adrian win his hat?

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

5. What was the draw of the black nightclub for outsiders?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mike describe Derry in his diary?

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

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

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

6. Where does Ben go on his walking tour and what is his experience?

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

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

9. How does Georgie die and who kills him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several scenes from the novel take place inside of the library. What scenes take place here? Why do they take place here? What significance does the library have? What does the library represent? Do we see an exchange of ideas in the library? Is the library filled with knowledge or with evil? Are they different?

Essay Topic 2

Various permutations of It spill out of sewer drains, toilets, and sinks. In fact, It's nest is right in the middle of the water tunnels beneath the town. How does the placement of It in the sewers support his purpose? Why do you think It chooses these places? Do you think that it would be less frightening if It appeared through other means?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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