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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ben instructed to take with him when he leaves the boarding house in Chapter 8?
(a) A gun or a knife.
(b) A crucifix, a rosary, or a St. Christopher medal.
(c) A pot of coffee.
(d) A shovel.

2. How many families have lived in Marsten House since the murders?
(a) None.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

3. Who do Ben and Matt decide to take with them that evening on their mysterious mission?
(a) Jimmy Cody.
(b) Mark Petrie.
(c) Susan Norton.
(d) Eva Miller.

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

5. Who sold the Marsten House?
(a) Larry Crockett, the local real estate agent.
(b) Susan Norton, the probate lawyer.
(c) Hubert Marsten, the owner.
(d) Ben Mears, the owner's heir.

6. With whom did Eva Miller once have a romantic relationship?
(a) Ben Mears.
(b) Ed Norton.
(c) Win Purinton.
(d) Weasel Craig.

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

8. 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 stock broker.
(c) A letter from his grandmother.
(d) A letter from his literary agent.

9. Where does Matt run into Mike Ryerson?
(a) The grocery store.
(b) Dell's.
(c) The dump.
(d) Spenser's.

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

11. What does Matt notice about Mike when he brings him a pair of pajamas?
(a) A new tattoo on his arm.
(b) New stitches along his hairline.
(c) Puncture marks on his neck.
(d) Bruises on his chest.

12. Who does Ben have dinner with in the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) The Glick family.
(b) The Petrie family.
(c) The Burke family.
(d) The Norton family.

13. Who was in a motorcycle accident that resulted in someone dying?
(a) Dud Rogers.
(b) Matt Burke.
(c) Ben Mears.
(d) Mike Ryerson.

14. Who does Ben urge Matt to call?
(a) The hospital.
(b) The coroner.
(c) The newspaper.
(d) The police.

15. Where does Ben go after dinner in Chapter 5?
(a) The movies.
(b) The park.
(c) Spenser's.
(d) The grocery store.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes irrational during the funeral, insisting Danny stop pretending to be dead?

2. Which Glick child arrives home shortly after Marjorie raises the alarm?

3. Who is traveling with the tall man in Chapter 1?

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

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

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