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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 were Bill Denbrough and Eddie Kaspbrak doing before Henry Bowers interrupted?
2. What is Patricia Uris doing when Stanley gets the call from Mike?
3. Where does Eddie Kaspbrak remember playing baseball as a child?
4. Why does Georgie Denbrough go see his brother in bed?
5. Why was Adrian confronted by a group of young men before his murder?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Describe what happens when Bill looks through Georgie's photo album.
3. Describe the first confrontation the young men have with Adrian.
4. What happens when Beverly calls out to the voices she hears in the drain and how does she react?
5. What is Juniper Hill and what character resides there?
6. How does Mike describe Derry in his diary?
7. What do Eddie and Bill build together and where do they build it?
8. How does Georgie die and who kills him?
9. What story does Bill tell the other boys at the dam and how do they respond?
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
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?
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
Several animals or creatures are introduced throughout the novel. For example, It manifests in the form of a bird and a werewolf. In addition, leeches fly out of the refrigerator and attack Patrick Hockstetter, and Bill Denbrough sees a turtle during a vision that says it created the universe by vomiting it up. Explore the role of animals within the novel. Why is the presence of animals important? What do the specific animals represent?
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