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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Marsten House named for?
(a) Marsten, the pig.
(b) Billy and Bobby Marsten.
(c) Marsten Real Estate.
(d) Hubert and Birdie Marsten.

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

3. Which Glick child arrives home shortly after Marjorie raises the alarm?
(a) Danny.
(b) John.
(c) Ralphie.
(d) Bobby.

4. What does Mike complain of during this visit?
(a) Mike has not been feeling well.
(b) Mike has not seen his kids in weeks.
(c) Mike is unhappy with the new taxes on beer.
(d) Mike is worried about his ongoing divorce.

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

6. Who is in the import-export business, according to Parkins' friend at the FBI?
(a) Larry Crockett.
(b) Matt Burke.
(c) Ben Mears.
(d) Barlow.

7. Where is Danny Glick buried?
(a) Jerusalem's Lot Public Cemetery.
(b) Marsten Family Cemetery.
(c) Harmony Hill Cemetery.
(d) The Glick Family Cemetery.

8. Who is seen by several characters buying groceries at Milt Crossen's and lifting it with apparently no trouble?
(a) Barlow.
(b) Mark Petrie.
(c) Straker.
(d) Ben Mears.

9. Who tells Floyd Tibbits about the thing Mike Ryerson found when he got to work that morning?
(a) Royal.
(b) Dud.
(c) Dell.
(d) Hank.

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

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

12. Who died in Marsten House in 1939?
(a) Hubert and Birdie.
(b) Susan and Ann.
(c) Ben and Carol.
(d) Billy and Bobby.

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

14. Who insists on caring for this person, admitting she has done it many times before?
(a) Sandy.
(b) Ann.
(c) Eva.
(d) Susan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ben urge Matt to call?

2. What does Larry Crockett offer Hank Peters to encourage him not to go to the police about the things he saw at Marsten House?

3. Who did Ben Mears live with as a child after his mother had a nervous breakdown?

4. Where do Matt and Ben find this missing person?

5. Where is Ben instructed to go in the middle of the night?

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