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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ben tell Susan his current book is about?
(a) The history of childhood pranks.
(b) The history of folklore in Maine.
(c) The disappearance of four children before Hubert Marsten's death.
(d) The history of Jerusalem's Lot.

2. What does Larry Crockett say might be a consequence of Hank's going to the police?
(a) The police might be interested to know he was drunk when he saw the items of interest.
(b) The police might look into his background.
(c) The police might check the validity of his visa.
(d) The police might make him pay taxes on his wages for this job.

3. Who is the local gossip in Jerusalem's Lot?
(a) Eva Miller.
(b) Sandy MacDougall.
(c) Ann Norton.
(d) Mabel Werts.

4. Who is forced to bury the casket alone when his partner fails to return after the service?
(a) Weasel Craig.
(b) Mr. Glick.
(c) Royal Snow.
(d) Mike Ryerson.

5. Who disappears while Matt and Ben get to know one another?
(a) Mike Ryerson.
(b) Weasel.
(c) Eva.
(d) Dud.

6. Who brings a photographer to Matt's house to investigate the dead man?
(a) The newspaper reporter.
(b) The police.
(c) The doctor.
(d) The coroner.

7. Who does Matt believe is dead in his guest room?
(a) Weasel Craig.
(b) Bill Norton.
(c) Danny Glick.
(d) Mike Ryerson.

8. What story does the tall man find interesting in the newspaper?
(a) An article that describes Bangor as a tourist trap.
(b) An article about fly fishing.
(c) An article about national parks in Maine.
(d) An article that describes 'Salem's Lot as a ghost town.

9. To whom was the Marsten House sold?
(a) Hubert Marsten, Jr.
(b) Ben Mears.
(c) Straker and Barlow.
(d) Larry Crockett.

10. Who comes to speak to Dud Rogers at the dump just as he is closing for the day?
(a) Danny Glick.
(b) Matt Burke.
(c) Barlow.
(d) Mike Ryerson.

11. Where does Matt invite Mike to spend the night?
(a) In a local hotel at his expense.
(b) In his guest bedroom.
(c) In his vacation home on the lake.
(d) On his couch.

12. Where do the tall man and his companion go after leaving California?
(a) Edinburgh, Scotland.
(b) London, England.
(c) Buenos Aries, Brazil.
(d) Los Zapatos, Mexico.

13. What is the occupation of the tall man who appears in Chapter 1?
(a) Artist.
(b) Politician.
(c) Real estate agent.
(d) Writer.

14. Who dared nine-year-old Ben Mears to go inside Marsten House?
(a) A group of older boys who wanted him to prove himself brave.
(b) A group of girls, one of whom Ben liked.
(c) A group of bullies who were threatening to beat Ben up.
(d) A group of local boys with whom he wanted to play pirates.

15. Who did Ben see when he entered the Marsten House as a nine-year-old boy?
(a) The ghost of Bobby Marsten.
(b) The ghost of Hubert Marsten.
(c) The ghost of a young boy.
(d) The ghost of Birdie Marsten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Father Callahan spill that he carefully cleans up to keep his housekeeper from learning about it?

2. How does the person who Ben meets in the park recognize him?

3. Who was it that died in the fatal motorcycle accident in which one of the characters of the novel was driving?

4. Who is the custodian at the local dump?

5. What does Straker call Larry Crockett to ask him to arrange?

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