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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to speak to Dud Rogers at the dump just as he is closing for the day?

2. Where do Matt and Ben decide to go that evening after the dead man has been taken from Matt's house?

3. Where does Matt run into Mike Ryerson?

4. From what city is the newspaper the tall man often goes out of his way to buy and read?

5. Who tells Floyd Tibbits about the thing Mike Ryerson found when he got to work that morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Glick demand Danny do during the funeral for Danny Glick?

2. What does Parkins learn from the FBI about Ben Mears' past?

3. How does Susan know who Ben is when she sees him in the park? What does this tell the reader about Ben's career to this point?

4. To whom does the boy make a confession?

5. What do Ben and Susan discuss is still living in the Marsten House?

6. Who are the tall man and the boy?

7. Why did Ben enter the Marsten House as a nine-year-old boy?

8. What house does Ben Mears make note of as he drives into Jerusalem's Lot?

9. What does Hank Peters see in the Marsten cellar that he discusses with Larry Crockett?

10. What two boys are walking alone in the dark woods? Why?

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