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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Ben instructed to go in the middle of the night?
(a) To the cemetery.
(b) To the kitchen.
(c) To Weasel's bedroom.
(d) To Matt's house.

2. What does Matt believe caused the marks he notices on Mike?
(a) A drunken outing.
(b) A brawl at the local bar.
(c) His soon-to-be ex-wife.
(d) A vampire.

3. What happens in Jerusalem's Lot in 1975?
(a) A fire burns the town to the ground.
(b) Vampires take over the town.
(c) An explosion at the iron works kills hundreds.
(d) A motorcycle accident kills the mayor.

4. What disturbs the dreams of the tall man's companion?
(a) Bed wetting.
(b) Nightmares.
(c) Loud noises.
(d) A chronic cough.

5. Why is Parkins Gillespie unconcerned about the missing boy?
(a) He thinks he only got lost.
(b) He thinks he knows where he is.
(c) He thinks he will come home when he is hungry.
(d) He thinks he went to a friends and lost track of time.

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

7. What does Ben tell Matt not to tell when he calls for help regarding the dead man in his guest bedroom?
(a) That he stabbed the dead man with a wooden stake.
(b) That he smoothered the dead man with a pillow.
(c) That he heard the dead man take his own life.
(d) That he heard Danny Glick's laughing voice.

8. Who did Ben Mears live with as a child after his mother had a nervous breakdown?
(a) Aunt Cindy.
(b) Uncle Jack.
(c) Grandmother Virginia.
(d) Cousin Weasel.

9. What do the men forget to do and must flip a coin to decide who will do it, per Straker's request?
(a) To leave the key on a table in the cellar.
(b) To paint the bathroom wall in the laundry mat.
(c) To stack the stones from the demolished wall.
(d) To clear out a clogged toilet in the laundry mat.

10. What does Dud repeatedly ask his visitor to do?
(a) Buy him some beer.
(b) Leave.
(c) Pay a bill.
(d) Call the police.

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

12. Who becomes irrational during the funeral, insisting Danny stop pretending to be dead?
(a) Ralphie.
(b) Danny's father.
(c) Father Callahan.
(d) Danny's mother.

13. Where did Ben Mears live for several years as a child?
(a) Los Zapatos.
(b) Jerusalem's Lot.
(c) Bangor.
(d) London.

14. What does the tall man sell that allows him to quit his job and leave California?
(a) A letter from his lawyer.
(b) A letter from his literary agent.
(c) A letter from his grandmother.
(d) A letter from his stock broker.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Marsten House named for?

3. Who did Ben see when he entered the Marsten House as a nine-year-old boy?

4. What does the custodian of the dump like to shoot when he lights fires in the dump?

5. How many families have lived in Marsten House since the murders?

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