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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asks a friend in the FBI to investigate the backgrounds of Ben Mears, Straker, and Barlow in the aftermath of the search for the missing boy?
(a) Hank Peters.
(b) Matt Burke.
(c) Parkins Gillespsie.
(d) Larry Crockett.

2. Why does Ben think this person is not dead, but simply sleeping?
(a) Because he looks overwhelmingly healthy.
(b) Because he is breathing.
(c) Because he is watching them.
(d) Because there are no signs of violence.

3. Who is Jimmy Cody and why does he come to Matt's house to investigate the dead man?
(a) Jimmy Cody is the local cop and has come to investigate the suspicious death.
(b) Jimmy Cody is a newspaper reporter and he has come at Matt's request.
(c) Jimmy Cody is the coroner and has come to take the dead man away.
(d) Jimmy Cody is Matt's doctor and he has come because Matt called him.

4. Who ties Mark up in the room where Ben saw a ghost when he was nine years old?
(a) Danny.
(b) Susan.
(c) Straker.
(d) Barlow.

5. What makes the two men Larry Crockett hires for Straker feel uneasy, afraid?
(a) A strange box that has no markings or custom tags.
(b) A strange sound in the cellar of Marsten House.
(c) A dark figure behind Marsten House.
(d) A dark figure who appears in the laundry mat window.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Ben and Matt decide to take with them that evening on their mysterious mission?

2. What does Hank Peters see in Marsten House that makes him convinced something is not right about Straker and Barlow?

3. Why does Mark Petrie sneak up on Susan in the woods outside the Marsten House?

4. Why is Ben awakened in the middle of the night in the beginning of Chapter 8?

5. How does Mark keep his captor from blocking his escape?

(see the answer key)

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