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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who found the dead bodies in Marsten House in 1939?
(a) Bobby, the owner's son.
(b) Larry McLeod, the mail carrier.
(c) Jerusalem, the town's mayor.
(d) Parkins, a local cop.

3. What does Ben tell Matt the subject of his new book is about?
(a) Hubert and Birdie Marsten.
(b) Vampires.
(c) The history of Jerusalem's Lot.
(d) The disappearances of four children and the history of Marsten House.

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

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

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

7. Where do Ben and Matt agree to take Susan that Friday night?
(a) Out dancing.
(b) To dinner.
(c) To Bangor for a movie.
(d) To Marsten House.

8. Who does Ben Mears meet in the park in Chapter 2?
(a) Susan.
(b) Floyd.
(c) Weasel.
(d) Matt.

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

10. Who dug the grave prior to the service?
(a) Royal Snow and Bill Norton.
(b) Mike Ryerson and Mr. Glick.
(c) Mike Ryerson and Royal Snow.
(d) Royal Snow and Weasel Craig.

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

12. 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 clear out a clogged toilet in the laundry mat.
(d) To stack the stones from the demolished wall.

13. What does Straker call Larry Crockett to ask him to arrange?
(a) Straker wants to demolish a wall behind the laundry mat.
(b) Straker wants renovations done at the Marsten House.
(c) Straker wants some boxes taken both to the old laundry mat and the Marsten House.
(d) Straker wants the old laundry mat cleaned and painted.

14. What does Larry Crockett offer Hank Peters to encourage him not to go to the police about the things he saw at Marsten House?
(a) Money.
(b) Gold.
(c) A new visa.
(d) A new bottle of gin.

15. What makes the two men Larry Crockett hires for Straker feel uneasy, afraid?
(a) A strange box that has no markings or custom tags.
(b) A dark figure who appears in the laundry mat window.
(c) A dark figure behind Marsten House.
(d) A strange sound in the cellar of Marsten House.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Susan tell Ben before leaving him for the night in Chapter 5?

2. Who is seen by several characters buying groceries at Milt Crossen's and lifting it with apparently no trouble?

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

4. Who does Matt believe is dead in his guest room?

5. What does this dark figure standing in the middle of Harmony Hill Cemetery appear to be holding?

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