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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Father Callahan spill that he carefully cleans up to keep his housekeeper from learning about it?
(a) Scotch.
(b) Spaghetti sauce.
(c) Motor oil.
(d) Holy water.

2. What does this dark figure standing in the middle of Harmony Hill Cemetery appear to be holding?
(a) The body of a large dog.
(b) The body of a grown woman.
(c) The body of a small child.
(d) The body of a small sheep.

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

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

6. What happens in a dream that Mike tells Matt about?
(a) Mike's son is kidnapped by a dark figure.
(b) Mike is impaled on a gate post like Doc.
(c) A friend of Mike's comes to the window and he invites him in.
(d) Mike kills his wife with a knife.

7. Where does Ben run into Matt Burke and Weasel Craig?
(a) Spencer's.
(b) Eva's boarding house.
(c) Dell's.
(d) The grocery store.

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

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 paint the bathroom wall in the laundry mat.
(b) To stack the stones from the demolished wall.
(c) To clear out a clogged toilet in the laundry mat.
(d) To leave the key on a table in the cellar.

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

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

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

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

14. Who does the tall man's companion tell an unbelievable story to?
(a) A local prostitute.
(b) A local priest.
(c) A local doctor.
(d) A local shopkeeper.

15. Who tells her daughter she disapproves of Ben Mears?
(a) Mabel Werts.
(b) Ann Norton.
(c) Eva Miller.
(d) Sandy McDougall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What house catches Ben's attention as he arrives at his destination in 1975?

2. What does this person become convinced of as he buries the casket, causing him to dig the casket up again?

3. Who is the local gossip in Jerusalem's Lot?

4. Who is Jimmy Cody and why does he come to Matt's house to investigate the dead man?

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

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