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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 do the members of the Losers Club bring with them to their late night meeting at the library?

2. How is It finally killed?

3. How do the members of the Losers Club hide their clubhouse as children?

4. What has happened to the ink with which Mike wrote his friends' numbers?

5. Why do most of the children leave the clubhouse after they start the Indian ritual?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Indian ritual that the Losers decide to try and where they complete the ritual.

2. Where did Henry receive his switchblade knife and what does he use it for?

3. Describe the vision that Richie has as a result of the Indian ritual?

4. Describe Bill Denbrough's encounter with Georgie in the tunnels.

5. How does Mike identify the beginning and end of the cycle described in the Third Interlude?

6. Why and how did Patrick Hockstetter kill his infant brother when he was in kindergarten?

7. Describe the clubhouse that the Losers build.

8. Why does the pharmacist pull Eddie into his office and what does he tell him?

9. How do the other patrons in the bar react when Claud Heroux pulls out his ax and begins attacking people?

10. Describe the Ritual of Chud.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Mike Hanlon reaches the conclusion, when explaining the attacks at the Silver Dollar, that adults are not able to process the events happening in Derry. Why does he come to this conclusion? Reading the novel, do you come to the same conclusion? What makes children and adults process things differently? Have adults given up on the ability to overcome evil?

Essay Topic 3

In the novel, there is an emphasis on hate crimes and crimes of discrimination. Adrian is attacked because he is a homosexual. The Black Spot is burned down by members of what seem to be the KKK. And, Beverly is abused by her husband, presumably because he believes that women have their place. Explain the connections between hate crimes in the novel. How is discrimination played out? Why do you think King chose to use these themes within his novel?

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