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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ben want to do after seeing Susan but cannot?
(a) Buy an engagement ring.
(b) Sleep or write.
(c) Call his divorce lawyer.
(d) Talk to Susan on the phone.

2. What does Hank Peters see in Marsten House that makes him convinced something is not right about Straker and Barlow?
(a) Illegal drugs.
(b) Clothing that looks like the ones Ralphie was wearing when he disappeared.
(c) Expensive paintings that must be stolen.
(d) Blood all over the walls and floor of the cellar.

3. Who is Ben Mears?
(a) The tall man.
(b) The tall man's companion.
(c) The local priest.
(d) The tall man's friend.

4. Who is the custodian at the local dump?
(a) Dud Rogers.
(b) Larry Crockett.
(c) Royal Snow.
(d) Hank Peters.

5. What do Ben and Susan believe continues to live in the Marsten House?
(a) The ghosts of the four missing children.
(b) Hubert's ghost.
(c) Birdie's ghost.
(d) Hubert's evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does the tall man find interesting in the newspaper?

2. Who tells Floyd Tibbits about the thing Mike Ryerson found when he got to work that morning?

3. What is the occupation of the tall man who appears in Chapter 1?

4. Where does Ben run into Matt Burke and Weasel Craig?

5. From what city is the newspaper the tall man often goes out of his way to buy and read?

(see the answer key)

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