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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. 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.

2. Who is Matt Burke?
(a) A gas station attendant.
(b) An English teacher.
(c) A math professor.
(d) A faith healer.

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

4. What does this visitor do to Dud after he falls into some sort of trance?
(a) Bites his neck.
(b) Stabs him with a knife.
(c) Stiffs him on a bill.
(d) Places an embarrassing sign around his neck.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mike Ryerson find when he goes to work at the cemetery in Chapter 3?

2. Who was in a motorcycle accident that resulted in someone dying?

3. Where do the tall man and his companion go after leaving California?

4. To whom was the Marsten House sold?

5. Who does the tall man's companion tell an unbelievable story to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is usual about the box that two movers are ordered to take to the Marsten House?

2. What takes place in Harmony Hill Cemetery at midnight on the day depicted in Chapter 3?

3. What does the tall man drive more than forty miles to get every week?

4. Why does Matt call Ben in the middle of the night? What does he ask him to bring?

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

6. Who becomes convinced that Danny's eyes are open in his coffin? What does he do about it?

7. What do Ben and Matt discuss over dinner in Chapter 7?

8. 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?

9. What does Matt hear as he tries to fall asleep after allowing Mike to sleep in his spare bedroom?

10. What does Father Callahan attempt to hide from his housekeeper? Why?

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