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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 Mike Hanlon write in his diary about Derry?

2. Who finds Georgie Denbrough's body?

3. Why does Eddie Cochran decide to spend the night at the park?

4. What were Bill Denbrough and Eddie Kaspbrak doing before Henry Bowers interrupted?

5. Which of the following most accurately describes Mike Hanlon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the subject of the movies the Richie, Ben, and Beverly see? What does Richie see in the house on Neibolt Street? Are these connected?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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 Ben Hanscom is hiding in the clubhouse, he dreams about the time he saw a mummy over the frozen canal. Tom and Audra, not members of the Losers Club but married to members, both have nightmares about the tunnels to which they have never been. Write an essay explaining the role of nightmares in the novel. What is the purpose of nightmares? What do nightmares represent? How do nightmares contribute to the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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